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PRE-ECLAMPSIA: ONE NAME, TWO CONDITIONS – THE CASE FOR EARLY AND LATE DISEASE BEING DIFFERENT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

HERBERT VALENSISE*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
GIAN PAOLO NOVELLI
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Ospedale San Sebastiano Martire, Frascati, Rome, Italy.
BARBARA VASAPOLLO
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
*
Herbert Valensise, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. Email: valensise@uniroma2.it

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