Abstract

VARIABLES IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF PRE-ECLAMPSIA

Nidhal Abdulhameed Abdulrahman* and Rabeeah Hamid Abbas

Abstract

Preeclampsia remains a common complication of pregnancy that leads to unacceptable increases in fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly in less developed nations. Efforts continue to understand better the pathophysiology of the clinical manifestations of the disease. Recent findings on the role of circulating antiangiogenic factors have generated great optimism for being able to predict better the disease and develop therapeutic advances. If subsequent trials validate these theories, then future work should lead to renewed efforts finally to explain and treat this complex disease.

Keywords: Pathogenesis, pre-Eclampsia.