Endothelin-1 levels in mothers with eclampsia - pre-eclampsia and their newborns

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-49

  Orbak, Zerrin ^a,b   Zor, Nevin ^a   Energin, V Meltem ^a   Selimoǧlu, M Ayşe ^a   Handan, A L P ^a   Akçay, Fatih ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; PREECLAMPSIA;

EID: 0031910422     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.1.47     Document Type: Article

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