Comparison of nitric oxide and prostacyclin in endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation of human umbilical artery at midgestation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 375-381

  Izumi, H ^a   Makino, Y ^a   Mohtai, H ^a   Shirakawa, K ^a   Garfield, R E ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

endothelium derived relaxing factor; Histamine; human umbilical artery; nitric oxide; pregnancy; prostacyclin

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HISTAMINE; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTACYCLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0029799025     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(96)70149-7     Document Type: Article

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