Quantitative Analysis of the Plasma Proteome in Pre-eclampsia

  • Christal Fisher

    Student thesis: Phd

    Abstract

    There is currently no clinically useful screening test available to identify nulliparous women at high risk of developing pre-eclampsia. This study aimed to identify novel biomarkers using hypothesis generating proteomic methods applied to plasma samples obtained prior to clinical diagnosis of pre-eclampsia.Plasma samples taken at 15 weeks gestation from women who subsequently developed late pre-eclampsia (>34 weeks), early pre-eclampsia (
    Date of Award28 May 2012
    Original languageEnglish
    Awarding Institution
    • The University of Manchester
    SupervisorJenny Myers (Supervisor) & Melissa Westwood (Supervisor)

    Keywords

    • Pre-eclampsia
    • Proteomics
    • Biomarker

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