Microvascular dysfunction: A link between pre-eclampsia and maternal coronary heart disease

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1029-1031

  Ramsay, Jane E ^a,b   Stewart, Frances ^a   Greer, Ian A ^a   Sattar, Naveed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MICROANGIOPATHY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASODILATION;

EID: 0242285536     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2003.02069.x     Document Type: Article

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