Heparin cofactor II: a new marker for preeclampsia

J Bellart, R Gilabert, L Cabero… - Blood coagulation & …, 1998 - journals.lww.com
The plasma levels of heparin cofactor II were determined in pregnant women who were
either normotensive, or had essential hypertension, gestational hypertension or pre-
eclampsia during the third trimester and 72 h after delivery. Heparin cofactor II levels in the
pre-eclampsia group were depressed. The clinical relevance of this finding is the potential
utility of heparin cofactor II plasma levels in the differential diagnostic between non-
proteinuric hypertension and pre-eclampsia. Blood Coag Fibrinol 9: 205–208× 1998 …