Plasma endothelin levels in preeclampsia and eclampsia

Journal of Maternal-Fetal Investigation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 80-83

  Adam, Bahattin ^a   Alper, Tayfun ^a   Bedir, Abdulkerim ^a   Talu, Cengiz ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Endothelin; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030913060     PISSN: 09396322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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