Low-dose nitro-L-arginine administration in baboon (Papio hamadryas) pregnancy

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 849-852

  Hennessy, Annemarie ^a   Gillin, Adrian G ^a   Duggin, Geoffrey G ^a   Horvath, John S ^a   Tiller, David J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baboon; Endothelin; Hypertension; Nitric oxide; Pregnancy; Renin aldosterone system

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ENDOTHELIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; RENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENDOTHELINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROARGININE; PAPIO; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RENIN;

EID: 0032720750     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.1999.03158.x     Document Type: Article

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