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CONTRERAS, F et al. Endotelio y Trastornos Hipertensivos en el Embarazo. RFM [online]. 2002, vol.25, n.1, pp.121-129. ISSN 0798-0469.

Pregnancy-induced hypertension is one of the complications that obstetricians most fear, due to its sudden apparition, its changing clinical presentation, its rapid evolution and its association to high morbidity and mortality, both fetal and maternal. Because of these factors, preeclampsia is a widely studied disease, but although the search for answers to many questions about its etiopathogenesis and physiopathology has led to numerous researches, after many years of studies and efforts there still exist obscure and enigmatic aspects about them. Today various risk factors for the development of this entity have been identified and a combination of different hypothesis has been proposed to try to find an approximation to the real solution for this problem, which could probably lead to aits better therapeutic handling.

Palavras-chave : Pregnancy-induced hypertension; Preeclampsia; Risk factor; Abnormal placentation; Oxidative stress; Endothelial dysfunction and lesions.