It is 40 years since I started researching pre-eclampsia. Much has changed but some old problems persist. These include the debate of how to define a syndrome, the inheritance and genetics of pre-eclampsia, why primiparae are so susceptible and is primipaternity important? If it is, in a multiparous pregnancy (after changing partners), the old hypothesis that pre-eclampsia is the outcome of failed maternal immunoregulation to accommodate nature's transplant - the fetus - must be confronted. These points are briefly reviewed and a four stage model of pre-eclampsia derived.
Journal article
2011-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
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