The magnitude of sympathetic hyperactivity in pregnancy-induced hypertension and preeclampsia

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 194-199

  Greenwood, John P ^a,b   Scott, Eleanor M ^a   Walker, James J ^a   Stoker, John B ^a   Mary, David A S G ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microneurography; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy induced hypertension; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PERONEAL NERVE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037336414     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(02)03256-9     Document Type: Article

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