Urine dopamine in normal and hypertensive pregnancies.

ABSTRACT

Dopamine output in urine was determined in two groups of women with hypertension in pregnancy. A highly significant elevation of urine dopamine was detected in those women with pre-eclampsia compared with that in matched control subjects. In contrast, no difference in urine dopamine output was detected between a group of multigravidae with hypertension in pregnancy and matched control subjects.