Effects of chronic hypoxia on maternal vasodilation and vascular reactivity in guinea pig and ovine pregnancy

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-169

  White, Margueritte ^a   Zhang, Lubo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Comparative analysis; High altitude; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GUINEA PIG; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHYSIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SWINE; VASODILATION;

EID: 0042631197     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702903322022776     Document Type: Review

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