Effect of pregnancy on mechanisms of relaxation in human omental microvessels

Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-187

  Pascoal, Istenio F ^a   Umans, Jason G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

endothelium; nitric oxide; potassium channels; resistance vessels; vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OMENTUM; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029763530     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.28.2.183     Document Type: Article

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