Association of D-Dimer Levels with Clinical and Laboratory Parameters in Gestational Hypertension: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study of 80 Pregnant Women
Keywords:
D-dimer; gestational hypertension; coagulation; platelet preeclampsia count; pregnancyAbstract
Introduction :-Gestational hypertension is associated withalterations in maternal hemostasis and can be a precursor of pre-eclampsia. D-dimer is a markerfor fibrin formation and degradation and can beindicative of activation of thecoagulationfibrinolytic system. However, the extent ofhemostatic alteration in the early stage ofgestational hypertension is not wellcharacterized
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