In Women with Previous Pregnancy Hypertension, Levels of Cardiovascular Risk Biomarkers May Be Modulated by Haptoglobin Polymorphism

Preeclampsia (PE) may affect the risk for future cardiovascular disease. Haptoglobin (Hp), an acute phase protein with functional genetic polymorphism, synthesized in the hepatocyte and in many peripheral tissues secondary of oxidative stress of PE, may modulate that risk through the antioxidant, an...

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Main Authors: Andreia Matos, Alda Pereira da Silva, Maria Clara Bicho, Conceição Afonso, Maria José Areias, Irene Rebelo, Manuel Bicho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Obstetrics and Gynecology International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/361727