Hypertension persisting after pre-eclampsia: a prospective cohort study at Mulago Hospital, Uganda.

Hypertension persisting after pre-eclampsia: a prospective cohort study at Mulago Hospital, Uganda.

Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia usually resolves after delivery but sometimes hypertension persists and cardiovascular disease develops later. Our objective was to determine the incidence and maternal socio-demographic and obstetric risk factors for persistence of hypertension in women with pre-eclampsia/ec...

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Main Authors:	Annettee Nakimuli, Alison M Elliott, Pontiano Kaleebu, Ashley Moffett, Florence Mirembe
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3877387?pdf=render

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