Early second trimester hCG of maternal serum as predictor marker for pregnancy induced hypertension

• Main Authors: Munirah Md Mansor, Khalidah MB, Dian Nasriana N, Hanita O, Nor Azlin MI
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20207/1/14_ms0212_pdf_34008.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20207/; https://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/13/1
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) is commonly encountered in hypertensive disease in pregnancy (HDP) and important cause of feto-maternal morbidity and mortality. Abnormal changes of placenta development in PIH leads to abnormal elevation of second trimester maternal hCG level. Thus, it may ha...