Ovine fetal umbilical artery Doppler systolic diastolic ratios and nitric oxide synthase

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-56

  Giles, Warwick ^a   Falconer, John ^b   Read, Mark ^b   Leitch, Ian ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITRO DEXTRO ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0031021306     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(96)00388-2     Document Type: Article

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