Antepartum and postpartum thrombomodulin levels in preeclamptic and normotensive pregnancies

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 135-137

  Hsu, Chaur Dong ^a   Copel, Joshua A ^b   Chan, Daniel W ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antepartum; Postpartum; Preeclampsia; Thrombomodulin

Indexed keywords

THROMBOMODULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERIUM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; THROMBOMODULIN;

EID: 0030876588     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(97)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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