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Research Article

Increased plasma hyaluronan in severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia

S. Berg, A. Engman, S. Holmgren, T. Lundahl, T. C. Laurent Departments of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Linko¨ping and Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm; Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital, Linko¨ping; Department of Clinical Chemistry, Va¨stervik Hospital; Department of Medical and Physiological Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Pages 131-137 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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