Effect of smoking on circulating angiogenic factors in high risk pregnancies.

Effect of smoking on circulating angiogenic factors in high risk pregnancies.

Changes in maternal concentrations of the anti-angiogenic factors, soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt1) and soluble endoglin (sEng), and the pro-angiogenic placental growth factor (PlGF) precede the development of preeclampsia in healthy women. The risk of preeclampsia is reduced in women who...

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Main Authors: Arun Jeyabalan, Robert W Powers, Rebecca G Clifton, Peter Van Dorsten, John C Hauth, Mark A Klebanoff, Marshall D Lindheimer, Baha Sibai, Mark Landon, Menachem Miodovnik, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2953508?pdf=render

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