Transport and Metabolism of Serotonin in the human placenta from normal and severely pre-eclamptic pregnancies

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 150-155

  Carrasco, Gonzalo ^a   Cruz, Maria Antonieta ^a   Gallardo, Victoria ^a   Miguel, Patricia ^a   Dominguez, Alejandra ^a   González, Clemente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Monoamine oxidase; Placenta; Pre eclampsia; Serotonin; Serotonin uptake

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; PLACENTA EXTRACT; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER VESICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETICS; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

EID: 0034119092     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010237     Document Type: Article

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