Serum from patients with severe preeclampsia is not cytotoxic to endothelial cells

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-92

  Kupferminc, Michael J ^a   Mullen, Tiffany A ^a   Russell, Tanya L ^a   Silver, Richard K ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cytotoxicity; endothelial cells; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM 51;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0030024948     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1071-5576(95)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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