Impact of nitric oxide deficiency on blood pressure and glomerular hemodynamic adaptations to pregnancy in the rat

Kidney International

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1132-1138

  Deng, Aihua ^a   Engels, Kevin ^a   Baylis, Chris ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0029832390     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.420     Document Type: Article

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