Association of gestational diabetes with abnormal maternal vascular endothelial function

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-234

  Knock, Gregory A ^a   McCarthy, Andrew L ^b   Lowy, Clara ^a   Poston, Lucilla ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031049201     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11051.x     Document Type: Article

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