Expression of C-type natriuretic peptide in human placenta and myometrium in normal pregnancies and pregnancies complicated by intrauterine growth retardation: Preliminary results

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-41

  Stepan, Holger ^a,c   Faber, Renaldo ^a   Stegemann, Stephanie ^a   Schultheiss, Heinz Peter ^b   Walther, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

C type natriuretic peptide; Human reproductive tissue; Intrauterine growth retardation; Organ specific function

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE TYPE C;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MYOMETRIUM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, C-TYPE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0036153969     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048004     Document Type: Article

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