Reductions of vascular endothelial growth factor and placental growth factor concentrations in severe preeclampsia

JC Livingston, R Chin, B Haddad, ET McKinney… - American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether plasma concentrations of vascular
endothelial growth factor and placental growth factor are altered in women with severe
preeclampsia. Study Design: We performed a case-control study to compare plasma
concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor and placental growth factor between
women with severe preeclampsia and normotensive women admitted for delivery. Twenty-
one women with severe preeclampsia were matched for gestational age and ethnicity with …