Gökdeniz, RemziArıgüloğlu, ErdalBazoğlu, NurselBalat, Özcan2020-09-212020-09-212000GÖKDENİZ R,ARIGÜLOĞLU E,BAZOĞLU N,BALAT Ö (2000). Elevated serum Beta-hCG levels in severe preeclampsia. Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences, 30(1), 43 - 45.1300-01441303-6165https://hdl.handle.net/11616/18087https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/12632Yıl: 2000Cilt: 30Sayı: 1ISSN: 1300-0144 / 1303-6165Sayfa Aralığı: 43 - 45Metin Dili:İngilizceAbstract: Most current hypotheses regarding the pathophysiologic mechanisms of pregnancy-induced hypertention point to early placental abnormalities. Therefore, we attempted to determine whether serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels reflect a different trophoblastic secretory response of preeclampsia. Thirteen pregnant women with severe preeclampsia were matched with twenty-one normotensive pregnant women with singleton pregnancies in the third trimester. Serum ?-hCG levels were found to be significantly higher in severe preeclampsia, compared with controls (p<0.05). This indicates that an abnormal secretory function of the placenta exists in patients with severe preeclampsia.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArticle301434512632