Mechanism of increased maternal serum total activin A and inhibin A in preeclampsia

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 308-312

  Silver, Helayne M ^a,d   Lambert Messerlian, Geralyn M ^a   Reis, Fernando M ^b   Diblasio, Anna Maria ^c   Petraglia, Felice ^b   Canick, Jacob A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^d WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin A; Gestational hypertension; Inhibin A; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; CREATININE; INHIBIN A; MESSENGER RNA;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ACTIVINS; BLOOD VOLUME; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; INHIBINS; LINEAR MODELS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0037057156     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(02)00165-X     Document Type: Article

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