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ArticleOxford medical case reports2018

Elevation of maternal serum sFlt-1 in pregnancy with mirror syndrome caused by fetal cardiac failure.

Yoshihisa Katoh, Takahiro Seyama, Nobuko Mimura, Hitomi Furuya, Toshio Nakayama, Takayuki Iriyama, Takeshi Nagamatsu, Yutaka Osuga, Tomoyuki Fujii

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Article in Oxford medical case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Diagnosis and management of mirror syndrome: a case series with emphasis on the potential role of the sFLT-1/PlGF ratio in clinical practice.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yoshihisa KatohDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Takahiro SeyamaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Nobuko MimuraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Hitomi FuruyaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Toshio NakayamaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Takayuki IriyamaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Takeshi NagamatsuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Yutaka OsugaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Tomoyuki FujiiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
The University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mirror syndrome (MS) is characterized by the combination of maternal generalized edema, fetal hydrops and placental hypertrophy. A shift of the serum placenta-derived angiogenic factor like sFlt-1 in MS is similar to that in pre-eclampsia (PE). We experienced a MS case caused by cardiac myopathy in the fetus with normal cardiac structure. A 27-year-old primiparous woman at 28 weeks of gestation had systemic edema without hypertension and proteinuria. Her symptoms rapidly disappeared after delivery. Compared with previously reported MS cases with maternal hypertension or proteinuria, the serum sFlt-1 level was lower in our case. Severity of maternal symptoms in MS might be paralleled with the serum sFlt-1 level. Additionally, serum hCG level in MS is much higher than that in PE. Maternal edema rather than hypertension and proteinuria can be more remarkable in MS compared with PE. It can be potentially explained by increased serum hCG level.

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