Maternal plasma levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in normotensive pregnancies and in pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1182-1185

  Sharkey, A M ^a   Cooper, J C ^a   Balmforth, J R ^a   Mclaren, J ^a   Clark, D E ^a   Charnock Jones, D S ^a   Morris, N H ^a   Smith, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy; VEGF

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0030456654     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.1996.830605.x     Document Type: Article

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