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Am J Perinatol 1986; 3(1): 47-49
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999825
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© 1986 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Acute Development of Oligohydramnios in a Pregnancy Complicated by Chronic Hypertension and Superimposed Pre-Eclampsia

Paul J. Weinbaum, Anthony M. Vintzileos, Winston A. Campbell, Althea M. Leidy, David Nochimson
  • Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut
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04 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Perinatal mortality is significantly increased in pregnancies where pre-eclampsia is superimposed on chronic hypertension. Oligohydramnios and intrauterine growth retardation are common in this setting. Although oligohydramnios generally has been assumed to occur gradually the following report pertains to a case of a rapid development of oligohydramnios.