The effect of isosorbide dinitrate on uterine artery and umbilical artery flow velocity waveforms at mid-pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 838-843

  Thaler, Israel ^a   Amit, Amnon ^b   Jakobi, Peter ^b   Itskovitz Eldor, Joseph ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030297080     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00297-9     Document Type: Article

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