Myometrial and placental artery reactivity alone cannot explain reduced placental perfusion in pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 909-915

  Ong, Stephen S ^a   Moore, Rachel J ^a   Warren, Averil Y ^a   Crocker, Ian P ^b   Fulford, Jon ^a   Tyler, Damian J ^a   Gowland, Penny A ^a   Baker, Philip N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; BRADYKININ;

ADULT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CHORION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

15-HYDROXY-11 ALPHA,9 ALPHA-(EPOXYMETHANO)PROSTA-5,13-DIENOIC ACID; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0141450252     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2003.02368.x     Document Type: Article

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