Relaxin is essential for renal vasodilation during pregnancy in conscious rats

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1469-1475

  Novak, J ^a   Danielson, L A ^b   Kerchner, L J ^a   Sherwood, O D ^c   Ramirez, R J ^a   Moalli, P A ^a   Conrad, K P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE; RELAXIN; SOMATOMEDIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0034983773     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI11975     Document Type: Article

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