A long-term transdermal nitric oxide donor improves uteroplacental circulation in women with preeclampsia

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 831-836

  Nakatsuka, Mikiya ^a   Takata, Masayo ^a   Tada, Katsuhiko ^a   Asagiri, Kazuo ^a   Habara, Toshihiro ^a   Noguchi, Soichi ^a   Kudo, Takafumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Oligohydramnios; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Pulsed Doppler ultrasonography; Uterine arteries

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; GYNECOLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; DRUG EFFECT; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035992689     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2002.21.8.831     Document Type: Article

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