Endothelial nitric oxide synthase in placental villous tissue from normal, pre-eclamptic and intrauterine growth restricted pregnancies

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 167-172

  Myatt, L ^a   Eis, A L W ^a   Brockman, D E ^a   Greer, I A ^b   Lyall, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Placenta; Pre eclampsia; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA VILLUS; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREECLAMPSIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0031047047     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.1.167     Document Type: Article

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