Electrical potential difference between exocelomic fluid and maternal blood in early pregnancy

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 5 43-5, 1998, Pages

  Ward, Stuart ^a   Jauniaux, Eric ^b   Shannon, Claire ^c   Rodeck, Charles ^b   Boyd, Robert ^d   Sibley, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Guy's St Thomas's Natl Hlth S ^*  (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Embryo; Fetus; Ions; Placenta

Indexed keywords

AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031830797     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.5.r1492     Document Type: Article

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