Continuous observation of nitric oxide production in the fetal rat brain during uteroplacental ischemia

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 354-359

  Asakura, Hirobumi ^a   Nakai, Akihito ^a   Yokota, Akishige ^a   Sekiguchi, Atsuko ^a   Koshino, Tatsuo ^a   Araki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetal rat brain; Hypoxic ischemic insult; Nitric oxide; Reperfusion injury; Uteroplacental ischemia

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION;

EID: 0033451648     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020958     Document Type: Article

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