Increased placental apoptosis in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia

• DOI: 10.1067/mob.[phone]
• Publication Date: 2002-07-25T04:21:43Z
• Authors: Danny N. Leung; Stephen C. Smith; K.F. To; Daljit S. Sahota; Philip N. Baker
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Pre-Eclampsia; Pregnancy; Reference Values; Placenta; Humans; Apoptosis; Female

Placentas were obtained at delivery from 34 pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia and from 34 uncomplicated pregnancies. The incidence of apoptotic nuclei was significantly greater (P <.01) in the placentas from the pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia.