الفهرس 
Statistical study of cases of eclampsia admitted to Kasr El-Aini Hospital from January 2011 to December 2012
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Abstract
Eclampsia is a syndrome peculiar to human pregnancy. Classically defined as convulsions on top of preeclampsia, eclampsia has been regarded as a grade of pregnancy induced hypertension by some and as a complication of the latter by others, in numerous and perplexing classifications. Although probably more research has been devoted to the aetiology of eclampsia than any other subject in obstetrics, theories have failed to stand up. Further investigations, or have shown conflicting results and none has yet explained all the changes in this condition. These theories included genetic and immunological mechanisms and more recently endothelial cell injury has been introduced. As the cause is still obscure, our management remains symptomatic and empiric