Approaching the paradoxical relationship between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and cerebral palsy among infants born very preterm with very low birth weight

Affiliations

¹ Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan. mabe@fukuoka-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Editorial

Makiko Abe et al. Hypertens Res. 2025 Jan.

. 2025 Jan;48(1):408-410.

doi: 10.1038/s41440-024-02007-9. Epub 2024 Nov 14.

¹ Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan. mabe@fukuoka-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.

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Keywords: Cerebral palsy; Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; Low birth weight; Preterm birth.

Conflict of interest statement

Compliance with ethical standards. Conflict of interest: The authors declare no competing interests.

Early-onset preeclampsia/gestational hypertension may be associated with a low incidence of cerebral palsy at 3 years old in singleton very low-birth-weight infants born at 28-31 weeks of gestation (EOPE-DQ study): a multi-center retrospective cohort study in 2013-2016.
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