Nitric oxide affects angiotensin II pressor response: Possible mechanism of attenuated pressor response during pregnancy and etiology of pregnancy-induced hypertension

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 84-87

  Maeda, Takahiro ^a   Yoshimura, Toshihiro ^a   Ohshige, Akihiro ^a   Koyama, Hideki ^a   Ito, Masaharu ^b   Okamura, Hitoshi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Blood pressure, rat; L arginine; N(G) Monomethyl L arginine; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ARGININE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; PREGNANCY; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0033957070     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010221     Document Type: Article

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