Chronic exposure to cigarette smoke extract impairs endothelium-dependent relaxation of chicken embryo pulmonary arteries

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 247-250

  Carlo, Waldemar F ^a   Villamor, Eduardo ^b   Ambalavanan, Namasivayam ^a   DeMey, Jo G R ^c   Blanco, Carlos E ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Maternal smoking; Nicotine; Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CHICK EMBRYO; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXPOSURE; INCUBATION TIME; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NITROPRUSSIDE; PERSISTENT FETAL CIRCULATION SYNDROME; PULMONARY ARTERY; SMOKE; SMOKING; TOBACCO; VASODILATION;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0035743231     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047151     Document Type: Article

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