Calcium metabolism in normal and hypertensive pregnancy. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Calcium homeostasis is an important aspect of maternal and fetal physiology during gestation, and recent evidence implicates alterations in calcium metabolism in the pathogenesis of hypertension during pregnancy. Deficiencies in calcium intake have been linked to preeclampsia/eclampsia, and hypocalciuria and deviations in both 1,25(OH)2D3 and PTH have been shown in women with preeclampsia. Preliminary studies also suggest that calcium supplementation may lower blood pressure and prevent preeclampsia in pregnant women.

publication date

  • November 1, 1995

Research

keywords

  • Calcium
  • Hypertension
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0028840477

PubMed ID

  • 8588110

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 15

issue

  • 6