Nitric oxide synthase activity in umbilical and placental vascular tissue of gestational diabetic pregnancies

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-181

  Dollberg, Shaul ^a   Brockman, Diane E ^b   Myatt, Leslie ^c  

^a Departments of Pediatrics   (United States)

^b Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes; Nitric oxide synthase; Villous vascular tree

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CITRULLINE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; LIQUID NITROGEN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CHORION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR TISSUE;

EID: 0030690571     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000291514     Document Type: Article

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