Vasoconstrictive activity of meconium stained amniotic fluid in the human placental vasculature

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-150

  Holcberg, Gershon ^a   Huleihel, Mahmoud ^a   Katz, Miriam ^a   Segal, David ^a   Sapir, Olga ^a   Mazor, Moshe ^a   Malek, Antoine ^b   Schneider, Henning ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Universitats Frauenklinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Meconium; Placenta vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MECONIUM; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0032830067     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00099-8     Document Type: Article

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