Basic fibroblast growth factor and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-241

  Hohlagschwandtner, Maria ^a   Knöfler, Martin ^a   Ploner, Meinhard ^a   Zeisler, Harald ^a   Joura, Elmar A ^a   Husslein, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Basic fibroblast growth factor; Hypertension; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036951137     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PRG-120016790     Document Type: Article

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