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Caryn
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 Posted - 11/04/2009 : 12:19:07 PM
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Compared to normotensive pregnancies, the placentas from pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia had a reduced surface area and the surface was more oval. The thickness, however, was increased. When the two diameters were analyzed together, preeclampsia was not associated with the length of the maximal diameter, but was strongly associated with a short lesser diameter (p<0.0001). This was a graded relation: the shorter the lesser diameter, the greater the risk for, and severity of, preeclampsia. Placentas from pregnancies complicated by hypertension without proteinuria had a reduced surface area, with short lesser and maximal diameters...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19876819
Oooooh. Preeclamptic placentas are growing funny in one direction but not the other. That could narrow down some interesting pathways.
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MellyBute
Junior Member
US
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 1:07:15 PM
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| All of this is so very interesting! |
Melissa - 35 yo
Hubby is Patrick - 33 yo
Mom of
Boy - Koen 4/3/06 no complications
Boy - Levi 8/2/09 severe pp preeclampsia, still on bp meds |
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missgamecock
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 6:22:11 PM
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| Hmm wonder if that is why mine are always sent to path (not normal unless the ob orders it at my hospital). |
Sabrina, mom of Kirsten Scout DOB 3/27/99, 5lbs, 1oz., 36 weeks, severe PE, & Sara Grace DOB 6/28/05, 6lbs 1oz., Severe PIH, 35 weeks 5 days. #3 Peyton, lost at 13 weeks 3 days on 2/21/08
4th - Lost at 5 weeks 4/30/08.
DD #3, Caitlyn Elyse (Catie), a Rainbow Baby, DOB 1/16/09, 5lbs 7 ozs, 36 weeks, Diagnosed w/ chronic HTN, RT Uterine Artery Notching, and mild PE before delivery, severe after.
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In PE, placenta grows slowly along its minor axis
