Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women can be diagnosed exactly through a blood test
Monday, January 25, 2016 - 11:12
in Health & Medicine
Pre-eclampsia is a serious illness associated with pregnancy, which develops after twenty weeks and is associated with defective ingrowing of the placenta within the mother. The dangerous illness is both the second most frequent cause of death in pregnant women, and the reason for severe complications for mother and child, especially during premature births. Now scientists have succeeded, as part of an international research group, in identifying biomarkers, which - with one simple blood test - can be a very reliable help in predicting the emergence of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women as a sign of the illness.