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A Serious Periodontitis-Associated Complication of Pregnancy Characterized by Hypertension, Swelling

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A serious periodontitis-associated complication of pregnancy characterized by hypertension, swelling of the ankles, and proteinuria is which of the following?


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Inbreeding

The breeding of closely related individuals, which increases the risk of offspring inheriting genetic defects.

Nonrandom Mating

A mating pattern in which individuals choose partners based on particular traits, leading to non-random distribution of alleles in the population.

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, driving the evolution of species.

Darwin's Theory

The scientific theory of biological evolution by natural selection, proposed by Charles Darwin, explaining how species evolve over time.

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