Nitric oxide metabolite in pregnant women before and after delivery

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 222-226

  Okutomi, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Nomoto, Keiko ^a   Nakamura, Kunie ^a   Goto, Fumio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Epidural anestesia; Nitric oxide (NO); Nitrite (NO2); Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PROSTAGLANDIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTENSION; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0030955094     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.1997.tb07849.x     Document Type: Article

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