Increased von Willebrand factor expression in an experimental model of preeclampsia produced by reduction of uteroplacental perfusion pressure in conscious rhesus monkeys

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-185

  De Groot, Christianne J M ^a,c   Merrill, David C ^a   Taylor, Robert N ^a   Kitzmiller, John L ^a   Goldsmith, Paul C ^a   Roberts, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal models; Nonhuman primates; Preeclampsia; von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PREECLAMPSIA; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RHESUS MONKEY;

EID: 0030815093     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641959709031635     Document Type: Article

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