Plasma from preeclamptic women causes a rapid, calcium-sensitive release of nitric oxide from vascular smooth muscle cells

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-63

  Baker, Philip N ^a,c   Davidge, Sandra T ^a   Pitt, Bruce R ^b   Davies, Paul ^b   Roberts, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; ELASTASE; ISOENZYME; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; PAPAIN; SEPIAPTERIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PLASMA; PREECLAMPSIA; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0031002205     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641959709069089     Document Type: Article

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