Serum Levels of Angiogenic Factors Distinguish Between Women with Preeclampsia and Normotensive Pregnant Women But Not Severity of Preeclampsia in an Obstetric Center in Turkey

摘要

BackgroundThis study aimed to compare serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and the VEGF receptors, VEGFR-1 and VEGFR-2, free placental growth factor (fPGF), endostatin, and serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) levels in women with mild and severe preeclampsia and healthy pregnant women.