Secretion of the vasoactive peptides, endothelin, and parathyroid hormone-related peptide, by decidual explants from pregnancies complicated by intrauterine growth restriction

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 273-277

  Heffner, Linda J ^a   Kumari, Meena ^a   Benoit, Lynne A ^a  

^a Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Decidua; Endothelin; Intrauterine growth restriction (fetal growth restriction); Parathyroid hormone related peptide

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FETUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

DECIDUA; ENDOTHELINS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROTEINS;

EID: 0032718586     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(99)00033-7     Document Type: Article

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