Microvascular vasodilator response to acetylcholine is increased in women with pre-eclampsia

British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 610-614

  Davis, Karl R ^b   Ponnampalam, Janani ^b   Hayman, Richard ^b   Baker, Philip N ^b   Arulkumaran, Sabaratnam ^b   Donnelly, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; BLOOD VESSELS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; NITROPRUSSIDE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0035377922     PISSN: 03065456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-5456(00)00144-3     Document Type: Article

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