Placental nitric oxide synthase activity and abnormal umbilical artery flow velocity waveforms

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-52

  Giles, Warwick ^a   O'Callaghan, Stephen ^b   Read, Mark ^b   Gude, Neil ^b   King, Roger ^b   Brennecke, Shaun ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLACENTA ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; NEWBORN; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0031021121     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(96)00371-7     Document Type: Article

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