Population
54 pregnant women, comprising 35 preeclamptic patients and 19 normotensive pregnant women.
Design
Case-control
Authors
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No immediate change to preeclampsia monitoring or therapy; hypothesis-generating for natriuretic peptides as downstream markers of placental dysfunction.
ANP and BNP levels are significantly elevated in preeclampsia but do not correlate with clinical symptoms, suggesting they are a consequence rather than a cause of the condition.
Furuhashi et al. (2010) studied this question.
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