Plasma from women with pre-eclampsia induces an in vitro alteration in the endothelium-dependent behaviour of myometrial resistance arteries

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 108-115

  Hayman, Richard ^a   Warren, Averil ^a   Brockelsby, Jerry ^a   Johnson, Ian ^a   Baker, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOMETRIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; UTERUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; BRADYKININ; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; PLASMA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0033987708     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11586.x     Document Type: Article

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