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. 2012:2012:916914.
doi: 10.5402/2012/916914. Epub 2012 Feb 8.

Genesis of preeclampsia: an epidemiological approach

Jaime Salvador-Moysén  1 , Yolanda Martínez-López, José M Ramírez-Aranda, Marisela Aguilar-Durán, Alberto Terrones-González
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Genesis of preeclampsia: an epidemiological approach

Jaime Salvador-Moysén et al. ISRN Obstet Gynecol. 2012.

Abstract

THERE ARE ANALYZED SOME OF THE MAIN ASPECTS RELATED TO THE CAUSALITY OF PREECLAMPSIA, PRIVILEGING TWO TYPES OF MODELS: the clinic model and the epidemiologic model, first one represented by the hypothesis of the reduced placental perfusion and the second one considering the epidemiologic findings related to the high levels of psychosocial stress and its association with preeclampsia. It is reasoned out the relevance of raising the causality of the disease from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating the valuable information generated from both types, clinical and epidemiologic, and finally a tentative explanatory model of preeclampsia is proposed, the subclinical and sociocultural aspects that predispose and trigger the disease are emphasized making aspects to stand out: the importance of reduced placental perfusion as an indicator of individual risk, and the high levels of physiological stress, as a result of the unfavorable conditions of the psychosocial surroundings (indicator of population risk) of the pregnant women.

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