Endothelial dysfunction in preeclampsia part I: Primary prevention. Therapeutic perspectives

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-117

  Dekker, Gustaaf A ^a   Van Geijn, Herman P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Etiology; Immunology; Ischemia; Maladaptation; Placenta; Preeclampsia; Primary prevention; Radical; Scavenger

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ELASTASE; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHEMIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TACHYCARDIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VOMITING;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; ISCHEMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029880493     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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