Pregnancy-induced hypertension: Genesis of and response to endothelial injury and the role of endothelin 1

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 723-727

  Rogers, Ronald G ^a   Thorp Jr , John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

CELL INVASION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0030710121     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-199712000-00002     Document Type: Review

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