Decreased endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation during reduction of uterine perfusion pressure in pregnant rat

Hypertension

Volumn 35, Issue 1 II, 2000, Pages 367-372

  Crews, Janice K ^a   Herrington, Jason N ^a   Granger, Joey P ^a   Khalil, Raouf A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries; Blood pressure; Endothelium; Muscle; Nitric oxide; Smooth; Vascular

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0033958123     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.35.1.367     Document Type: Conference Paper

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