Maternal serum vascular endothelial growth factor during early pregnancy

Clinical Science

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 567-571

  Evans, Phylip ^b   Wheeler, Timothy ^b   Anthony, Frederick ^b   Osmond, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human chorionic gonadotrophin; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Serum vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLASMA VOLUME; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SMOKING;

EID: 0030907601     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0920567     Document Type: Article

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