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PLASMA NORADRENALINE IN NORMAL PREGNANCY AND IN HYPERTENSION OF LATE PREGNANCY
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00950.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 88, Issue 2, pages 105–108, February 1981
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How to Cite
Tunbridge, R. D. G. and Donnai, P. (1981), PLASMA NORADRENALINE IN NORMAL PREGNANCY AND IN HYPERTENSION OF LATE PREGNANCY. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 88: 105–108. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00950.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received November 23, 1979/Accepted September 9, 1980
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Summary
Plasma noradrenaline was measured by radioenzymatic assay on 90 occasions in 72 women throughout normal pregnancy. Plasma noradrenaline levels declined as pregnancy advanced. A total of 21 patients who developed hypertension in late pregnancy were found to have plasma noradrenaline levels significantly lower than controls at the same stage of pregnancy. It is concluded that plasma noradrenaline is reduced in hypertension of late pregnancy. This indicates a compensatory reduction in sympathetic nervous system activity.