Increased large arterial stiffness and impaired acetylcholine induced skin vasodilatation in women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1279-1287

  Hu, Jie ^a   Norman, Mikael ^b   Wallensteen, Måna ^b   Gennser, Gerhard ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; ULTRASOUND; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; SKIN; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032442819     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10006.x     Document Type: Article

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