Pre-Eclampsia

**Definition:** A complication of PREGNANCY, characterized by a complex of symptoms including maternal HYPERTENSION and PROTEINURIA with or without pathological EDEMA. Symptoms may range between mild and severe. Pre-eclampsia usually occurs after the 20th week of gestation, but may develop before this time in the presence of trophoblastic disease.

**Tree numbers:** - C12.050.703.395.249

**Synonyms:** - Preeclampsia - Pregnancy Toxemias - Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension Gestosis - Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria Gestosis - Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension Gestosis - EPH Complex - EPH Toxemias - EPH Gestosis - Gestosis, EPH - Toxemias, Pregnancy - Toxemia Of Pregnancy