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Important cause of preeclampsia discovered – EurekAlert
New findings show that cholesterol crystals in the uterine wall are the villain that researchers have been looking for. These crystals cause intensified inflammation…

IMAGE: The results of many years of research have been a long time coming. Gabriela Silva (in the white labocoat) used tissue samples from a biobank, including placenta samples from 90…
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Despite being the subject of increasing interest for a whole century, how preeclampsia develops has been unclear – until now.
Researchers believe that they have now found a primary cause of preeclampsia.
“We’ve found a missing piece to the puzzle. Cholesterol crystals are the key…
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