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PLATELETS AND INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION IN PRE-ECLAMPSIA
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00827.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 83, Issue 4, pages 284–286, April 1976
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Trudinger, B. J. (1976), PLATELETS AND INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION IN PRE-ECLAMPSIA. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 83: 284–286. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00827.x
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- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
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Summary
In pre-eclampsia, but not essential hypertension of pregnancy, reduced maternal levels of circulating platelets were found to correlate with intrauterine growth retardation. This suggests that disseminated intravascular coagulation and fibrin deposition contribute to the placental damage of pre-eclampsia.