First report of active renin in rat amniotic fluid

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 631-633

  Caragounis, Aphrodite ^a   Koutsis, Kathy ^a   Wlodek, Mary E ^a   Wilkinson Berka, Jennifer L A ^a   Nicolantonio, Robert Di ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Fetus; Hypertension; Intra uterine growth retardation; Pregnancy; Prorenin; Ren 2; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; PRORENIN; RENIN;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RENIN RELEASE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FEMALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RENIN;

EID: 0033921532     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2000.03303.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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