A model of bacterially induced umbilical vein spasm, relevant to fetal hypoperfusion

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 966-970

  Hyde, Scott ^a   Smotherman, Jason ^a   Moore, Joanne I ^a   Altshuler, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PERFUSION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASOSPASM;

ANIMAL; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CULTURE MEDIA; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMAN; MICE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UMBILICAL VEINS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0024330033     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-198906000-00012     Document Type: Article

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