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Pre-Eclampsia

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Definition: A complication of PREGNANCY, characterized by a complex of symptoms including maternal HYPERTENSION and PROTEINURIA with or without pathological EDEMA. Symptoms may range between mild and severe. Pre-eclampsia usually occurs after the 20th week of gestation, but may develop before this time in the presence of trophoblastic disease.  check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY   
See Also Toxemia 		Other names Toxemias, Pregnancy; Toxemias, EPH; Toxemia, Pregnancy; Toxemia, EPH; Proteinuria Edema Hypertension Gestosis; Pregnancy Toxemia; Pre Eclampsia; Hypertension Edema Proteinuria Gestosis; Gestosis, Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension; Gestosis, Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria; Gestosis, Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension; Edema Proteinuria Hypertension Gestosis; EPH Toxemia; Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension Gestosis; Pregnancy Toxemias; Preeclampsia; Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria Gestosis; Gestosis, EPH; Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension Gestosis; EPH Toxemias
 
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Preeclamptic toxemia  0   *Pre-Eclampsia.

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