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Pre-eclampsia: overview on the role of biomarkers in 2016 Volume 75, issue 3, Mai-Juin 2017

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1 Département des laboratoires cliniques, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc et Université catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgique
2 Pôle de recherche en endocrinologie, diabète et nutrition, Institut de recherche expérimentale et clinique, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc et Université catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgique
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Preeclampsia which affects approximatively 2% of pregnancies is a major cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia is nowadays increasingly understood. It implies multiple actors and biomarkers appear to be playing a major role. New uses of those biomarkers for risk stratification and diagnosis of predisposed preeclamptic patients followed by obstetricians is an hot topic. The combined approach of biomarkers, medical history and obstetrical ultrasounds enables risk estimation in the first quarter and later on. A better understanding of this risk would enable better monitoring of obstetrical patients and reduce the occurrence of adverse complications for them and for the fetal well-being.