Loss of endothelium-dependent relaxation in myometrial resistance arteries in pre-eclampsia

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1152-1158

  Ashworth, Janet R ^a   Warren, Averil Y ^a   Baker, Philip N ^a   Johnson, Ian R ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BRADYKININ; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOGRAPHY; MYOMETRIUM; NOREPINEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0030922791     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10939.x     Document Type: Article

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