Modulation of vascular tone by nitric oxide and endothelin 1 in myometrial resistance arteries from pregnant women at term

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-93

  Kublickiene, Karolina R ^a,b   Nisell, Henry ^a,b   Poston, Lucilla ^a,b   Kruüger, Kerstin ^a,b   Lindblom, Bo ^a,b  

^a Huddinge University Hospital ^*  (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arteries; Flow; Human pregnancy; Shear stress; Tone

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN CONVERTING ENZYME; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; PHOSPHORAMIDON;

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOMETRIUM; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; SHEAR STRESS; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CESAREAN SECTION; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 0033967627     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(00)70495-9     Document Type: Article

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