Plasma adenosine levels increase in women with normal pregnancies

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1200-1203

  Yoneyama, Yoshio ^a   Suzuki, Shunji ^a   Sawa, Rintaro ^a   Otsubo, Yasuo ^a   Power, Gordon G ^b   Araki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5' nucleotidase; Adenosine; Platelet activation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; BETA THROMBOGLOBULIN; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0034089442     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.104832     Document Type: Article

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