Total body catecholamine kinetics before and after birth in spontaneously hypoxemic fetal lambs

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 5 46-5, 1999, Pages

  Smolich, Joseph J ^a,c   Esler, Murray D ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clearance; Epinephrine; Fetus; Norepinephrine; Spillover

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH REGULATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HYPOXEMIA; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032795825     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.5.r1313     Document Type: Article

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