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Physiological changes in pregnancy

Physiological changes occur in pregnancy to nurture the developing foetus and prepare the mother for labour and delivery. Some of these changes influence normal biochemical values while others may mimic symptoms of medical disease. It is important to differentiate between normal physiological change...

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Autores principales: Soma-Pillay, Priya, Catherine, Nelson-Piercy, Tolppanen, Heli, Mebazaa, Alexandre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4928162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27213856
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2016-021
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author Soma-Pillay, Priya
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Tolppanen, Heli
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description Physiological changes occur in pregnancy to nurture the developing foetus and prepare the mother for labour and delivery. Some of these changes influence normal biochemical values while others may mimic symptoms of medical disease. It is important to differentiate between normal physiological changes and disease pathology. This review highlights the important changes that take place during normal pregnancy.
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spelling pubmed-49281622016-07-13 Physiological changes in pregnancy Soma-Pillay, Priya Catherine, Nelson-Piercy Tolppanen, Heli Mebazaa, Alexandre Tolppanen, Heli Mebazaa, Alexandre Cardiovasc J Afr Cardiovascular Topics Physiological changes occur in pregnancy to nurture the developing foetus and prepare the mother for labour and delivery. Some of these changes influence normal biochemical values while others may mimic symptoms of medical disease. It is important to differentiate between normal physiological changes and disease pathology. This review highlights the important changes that take place during normal pregnancy. Clinics Cardive Publishing 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4928162/ /pubmed/27213856 http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2016-021 Text en Copyright © 2015 Clinics Cardive Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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