Sympathetic nerve discharge in normal pregnancy and pregnancy-induced hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 617-624

  Greenwood, John P ^a   Stoker, John B ^a   Walker, James J ^a   Mary, David A S G ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microneurography; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Pregnancy induced hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FINGER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LEG MUSCLE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031981490     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199816050-00009     Document Type: Article

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