A role for noradrenaline in pre-eclampsia: Towards a unifying hypothesis for the pathophysiology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 641-648

  Manyonda, Isaac T ^a   Slater, Donna M ^b   Fenske, Christine ^a   Hole, David ^a   Choy, Mei Y ^a   Wilson, Catherine ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; ADRENALIN; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DAMAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; LIPOLYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; VENOUS BLOOD; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; FETUS BLOOD; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0031595499     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10179.x     Document Type: Article

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