Maternal serum nitric oxide levels associated with biochemical and clinical parameters in hypertension in pregnancy

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-207

  Bartha, Jose L ^a   Comino Delgado, Rafael ^a   Bedoya, Francisco J ^b   Barahona, Manel ^a   Lubian, Daniel ^a   Garcia Benasach, Fatima ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE PUERTO REAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Lymphocyte subpopulations; Nitric oxide; Perinatal outcome; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PERINATAL CARE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 0033007417     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(98)00234-6     Document Type: Article

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