Maternal perfusion with low-dose aspirin preferentially inhibits placental thromboxane while sparing prostacyclin

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-215

  Walsh, Scott W ^a   Wang, Yuping ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Placenta; Preeclampsia; Prostacyclin; Thromboxane

Indexed keywords

6 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; THROMBOXANE; THROMBOXANE B2;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG TRANSPORT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERFUSION; PLACENTA; PLANT SEED; PREECLAMPSIA; SYNTHESIS; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0031874869     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641959809006076     Document Type: Article

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