Application of electric field stimulation for investigations of human placental blood vessels

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 297-304

  Resch, Béla Endre ^a   Gáspár, Róbert ^a   Falkay, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CARBOGEN; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; NICKEL; SODIUM NITRITE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MYOGRAPHY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NICKEL; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM NITRITE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0037309862     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02445-6     Document Type: Article

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