Adhesion molecules changes at 20 gestation weeks in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia.

Objectives: To examine soluble E-selectin, L-selectin, P-selectin, ICAM-1, and VCAM-1 levels in normotensive and preeclamptic pregnancies. To determine cut-offs useful for preeclampsia early detection.

Study Design: A cohort of nulliparous women was recruited at family medicine clinics in Mexico City.

Prostacyclin/thromboxane early changes in pregnancies that are complicated by preeclampsia.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine 6-keto-prostaglandin F(1)(alpha) and thromboxane B(2) plasma levels throughout normotensive and preeclamptic pregnancies and to analyze the predictive values of these quantifications for the detection of preeclampsia during the second trimester of pregnancy.

Study Design: Blood samples were collected from 30 healthy, nonpregnant women and at 4-week intervals from a cohort of nulliparous women who were recruited before 16 weeks of gestation. Preeclampsia developed in 26 patients; 52 normotensive control subjects were matched from the same cohort.

Maternal plasma cellular fibronectin concentrations in normal and preeclamptic pregnancies: a longitudinal study for early prediction of preeclampsia.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine cellular fibronectin levels throughout normotensive and preeclamptic pregnancies and to analyze its predictive value for the detection of preeclampsia within the second trimester of pregnancy.

Study Design: Blood samples were collected at 4-week intervals from 378 healthy, nulliparous women who were recruited before 16 weeks of gestation. Preeclampsia developed in 26 patients; 52 normotensive control subjects were matched from the same cohort.