The vasoconstrictor response of uterine and mesenteric resistance arteries is differentially altered in the course of pregnancy

European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-35

  Hermsteiner, Markus ^a   Zoltan, Dorina R ^a   Künzel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Endothelin 1; Phenylephrine; Pregnancy; Resistance artery

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ENDOTHELIN; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RAT; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0035842249     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(01)00428-6     Document Type: Article

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