Endothelium-dependent relaxation in response to acetylcholine in pregnant guinea-pig uterine artery

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1805-1809

  Jovanović, Aleksandar ^a,c   Jovanović, Sofija ^b,c   Grbovic, Leposava ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Pregnancy; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; INDOMETACIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030930185     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.8.1805     Document Type: Article

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