Items for "HELLP syndrome"

Comparison between HELLP syndrome, chronic hypertension, and superimposed preeclampsia on chronic hypertension without HELLP syndrome

Aim: To compare perinatal outcome of patients with HELLP syndrome to that of patients with chronic hypertension and superimposed preeclampsia on chronic hypertension without HELLP syndrome.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the perinatal outcome of 147 pregnancies complicated by the HELLP syndrome, chronic hypertension, and superimposed preeclampsia on chronic hypertension without HELLP syndrome.

Results: Gestational age at delivery and birthweights were lower among women with HELLP syndrome than among women with superimposed preeclampsia and chronic hypertension (P < 0.05)...

Keywords: chronic hypertension, HELLP syndrome, hypertension, perinatal outcome, superimposed preeclampsia

Neither maternal nor fetal mutation (E474Q) in the ?-subunit of the trifunctional protein is frequent in pregnancies complicated by HELLP syndrome

Objective: An association between maternal HELLP syndrome and fetal long chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) deficiency has been proposed...

Keywords: Fatty acid oxidation, HELLP syndrome, inherited metabolic disease, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD)