Expression of nitric oxide synthase in normal and preeclamptic placental tissue and effects of glyceryl trinitrate and shear stress on placental blood flow

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 594-

  Poranen, Anna Kaisa ^a   Aubry, Joan ^a   Kujari, Harry ^a   Ekblad, Ulla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide synthase; Placental perfusion

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METABOLITE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031671394     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.1998.770603.x     Document Type: Article

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