Oxygen promotes contraction by endothelin-1 in human umbilical artery

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2767-2768

  Bodelsson, Gunilla ^a   Laursen, Maria ^a   Stjernquist, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contraction; Endothelin 1; Human umbilical artery; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; OXYGEN;

ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OXYGEN TENSION; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

EID: 0030482849     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019206     Document Type: Article

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