Inducible (Type II) nitric oxide synthase in human placental villous tissue of normotensive, pre-eclamptic and intrauterine growth-restricted pregnancies

Placenta

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 261-268

  Myatt, L ^a   Eis, A L W ^a   Brockman, D E ^a   Kossenjans, W ^a   Greer, I ^a   Lyall, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030922539     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(97)80060-4     Document Type: Article

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