Health Dictionary
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Pre-eclampsia historical perspective
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Eclampsia was first identified by Francois Mauriceau, a French obstetrician, born in 1637, following finding the correlation between convulsion in primigravidas and suppression of lochial flow or intrauterine fetal death.
Historical perspective
Historical perspective
- Eclampsia was first identified by Francois Mauriceau, a French obstetrician, born in 1637, following finding the correlation between convulsion in primigravidas and suppression of lochial flow or intrauterine fetal death. [1]
References
References
- ↑ Kiple, Kenneth (2003). The Cambridge historical dictionary of disease. Cambridge, UK New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521530262.
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