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PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY IN PERIPHERAL AND UTERINE VEIN BLOOD IN PREGNANT AND NON-PREGNANT WOMEN
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb15753.x
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1471-0528/asset/cover.gif?v=1&s=b4e1d96c46e18c61210d584b63c13ee375cf562b "BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology")
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 79, Issue 1, pages 72–76, January 1972
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Kokot, F. and Cekánski, A. (1972), PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY IN PERIPHERAL AND UTERINE VEIN BLOOD IN PREGNANT AND NON-PREGNANT WOMEN. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 79: 72–76. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb15753.x
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Summary
Plasma renin activity (PRA) was estimated in cubital and uterine venous blood of 29 non-pregnant, 15 healthy, and 18 moderately or severely pre-eclamptic women. In some of the pregnant and non-pregnant patients, significantly higher or lower values of uterine PRA were obtained compared to those in peripheral blood. The most consistent results were found in pre-eclamptic patients, in whom significantly higher mean PRA in uterine venous blood was found. It was concluded that the uterus influences peripheral PRA in some non-pregnant as well as in healthy and pre-eclamptic women, causing higher or lower PRA in uterine venous blood than in cubital blood.