Sympathetic neural mechanisms in normal and hypertensive pregnancy in humans

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 2200-2204

  Greenwood, John P ^a   Scott, Eleanor M ^b   Stoker, John B ^b   Walker, James J ^a   Mary, David A S G ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Nervous system, autonomic; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PATHOGENESIS; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0035975948     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc4301.098253     Document Type: Article

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