Fetal erythropoietin and endothelin-1: Relation to hypoxia and intrauterine growth retardation

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 276-282

  Östlund, Eva ^a   Lindholm, Henry ^a   Hemsen, Annette ^a   Fried, Gabriel ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood gases; Cordocentesis; Endothelin; Erythropoietin; Fetal growth; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORD SERUM; CORDOCENTESIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DELIVERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HYPOXIA; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIN-1; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL HYPOXIA; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0034062250     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.079004276.x     Document Type: Article

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