Flow-mediated dilation in brachial artery in the second half of pregnancy and prediction of pre-eclampsia

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 697-704

  Takase, Bonpeit ^a   Goto, T ^a   Hamabe, A ^a   Uehata, A ^a   Kuroda, K ^a   Satomura, K ^a   Ohsuzu, F ^a   Kurita, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachial artery; Flow mediated dilation; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0142062883     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001599     Document Type: Article

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