Plasma from pre-eclamptic women and functional change in myometrial resistance arteries

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 459-461

  Ashworth, Janet R ^a   Warren, Averil Y ^a   Johnson, Ian R ^a   Baker, Philip N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MYOGRAPHY; MYOMETRIUM; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL;

ARTERIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; PLASMA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031808967     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10134.x     Document Type: Article

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