Pregnancy stimulation of DNA synthesis and uterine blood flow in the guinea pig

Pediatric Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 708-715

  Keyes, Linda E ^a,b   Majack, Richard ^b   Dempsey, Edward C ^b,c   Moore, Lorna G ^b,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; ESTRADIOL; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GROWTH REGULATION; GUINEA PIG; HEART OUTPUT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030979088     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199705000-00017     Document Type: Article

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