Your article says, correctly, that our research group performed ultrasound of the main blood vessel of the women’s arms as a measure of vessel-cell function throughout the body. However, we identified women at risk of preeclampsia by performing ultrasound tests to assess blood-flow restriction of arteries in the uterus during the second trimester of pregnancy.
Makrina D. Savvidou Kings College London, England
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