BACKGROUND Pre-eclampsia, small-for-gestational-age infants, preterm birth and
recurrent miscarriage complicate a significant number of pregnancies. The vascular …

Preterm birth complicates over 500,000 births annually, affecting 12.5% of pregnancies in
the United States. Much of the temporal increase in preterm birth (< 37 weeks) over the past …

The aim of this study was to quantify placental morphology in pregnancies complicated by
pre-eclampsia with and without intrauterine growth restriction. Particular attention is given to …

OBJECTIVE: Serum levels of soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1), vascular endothelial
growth factor (VEGF), and placental growth factor (PlGF) are altered in women with clinical …

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a crucial role in physiological
vasculogenesis and vascular permeability and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of …

Background: Although the exact mechanism of pre-eclampsia–high blood pressure and
proteinuria after 20 gestational weeks–is not yet fully understood, placental growth factor …

Objective To determine the expression of VEGF in the placental tissue from pregnancies
complicated by hypertension disorders of different clinical severity. Design Prospective …

Objective: We investigated the influence of acute hypoxia on the placental vascular
endothelial growth factor system in vitro and in vivo in acute birth asphyxia compared with …

Pregnancy induced hypertension is a hypertensive disorder, which occurs in 5% to 7% of all
pregnancies. These parturients present to the labour and delivery unit ranging from …

Pre-eclampsia is a syndrome characterized by inadequate placentation, which is due to
deficient trophoblastic invasion of the uterine spiral arteries. This deficiency can lead to …