Activin A and inhibin A as possible endocrine markers for preeclampsia

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9061, 1997, Pages 1285-1288

  Muttukrishna, S ^a   Knight, P G ^b   Groome, N P ^c   Redman, C W G ^a   Ledger, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; INHIBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARITY; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0030895475     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)09264-1     Document Type: Article

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