Amniotic fluid composition and fetal and placental growth rates in genetically hypertensive and normotensive rats

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1563-1567

  Erkadius, E ^a   Morgan, T O ^a   Di Nicolantonio, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fetus; Hypertension; Perinatal physiology; Placenta; Pregnancy; Spontaneously hypertensive rat

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; POTASSIUM; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; SODIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029552218     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD9951563     Document Type: Article

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