Myogenic and endothelial properties of myometrial resistance arteries from women with preeclampsia

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-281

  Kublickiene, Karolina Rasa ^a   Grunewald, Charlotta ^a   Lindblom, Bo ^b   Nisell, Henry ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Distensibility; Myogenic tone; Myometrial arteries; Nitric oxide; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA AMINO ACID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PAPAVERINE;

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYOMETRIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031732532     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641959809009600     Document Type: Article

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