Severe eclampsia and HELLP syndrome at 18 weeks of pregnancy in a patient with chronic hypertension

Preeclampsia is a pregnancy specific disease characterized by hypertension and proteinuria, by definition, developing after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Here we present an atypical case of severe preeclampsia complicated by generalized convulsions (eclampsia) and hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low...

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Main Authors: Tomasz Wojewoda, Edyta Unkiewicz, Ewa Wojewoda-Chmiel, Piotr Bijak, Michal Bogusiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Acute Disease
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Online Access:http://www.jadweb.org/article.asp?issn=2221-6189;year=2018;volume=7;issue=6;spage=265;epage=267;aulast=Wojewoda