Infection and immunity in pregnancy and preeclampsia
Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, which shares similar risk factors with atherosclerosis. There is increasing evidence to suggest that Chlamydia pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) are linked with atherosclerosis and may trigger inflammation during pregnancy. How...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30063 |