Novel appearance of placental nuclear monoamine oxidase: Biochemical and histochemical evidence for hyperserotonomic state in preeclampsia-eclampsia

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1543-1550

  Gujrati, V R ^a   Shanker, K ^a   Vrat, S ^a   Chandravati, ^a   Parmar, S S ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Monoamine oxidase; placenta; preeclampsia eclampsia; serotonin

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECLAMPSIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030463846     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(96)70104-7     Document Type: Article

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