Plasma soluble endothelial selectin is elevated in women with pre-eclampsia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3537-3541

  Daniel, Y ^a   Kupferminc, M J ^a   Baram, A ^a   Jaffa, A J ^a   Wolman, I ^a   Shenhav, M ^a   Lessing, J B ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endothelial activation; Neutrophil activation; Platelet activation; Pre eclampsia; Soluble selectins

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; L SELECTIN; PADGEM PROTEIN; SELECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL PLASMA; PREECLAMPSIA;

EID: 0032410290     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.12.3537     Document Type: Article

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