Maternal and fetal serum nitric oxide (NO) concentrations in normal pregnancy, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-214

  Shaamash, A H ^a   Elsnosy, E D ^a   Makhlouf, A M ^a   Zakhari, M M ^a   Ibrahim, O A ^a   El Dien, H M ^b  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Fetal; Maternal; Nitric oxide; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL SERUM; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0034000829     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(99)00213-1     Document Type: Article

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