Oxygen-dependent regulation of membrane potential and vascular tone of human umbilical vein

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 696-700

  Mildenberger, Eva ^a   Siegel, Günter ^b   Versmold, Hans T ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human umbilical vein; Membrane potential; Oxygen dependent regulation; Vascular tone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN TONE;

EID: 0032852939     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70515-6     Document Type: Article

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