Umbilical Plasma Kininase I Activity in Fetal Hypoxia

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 583-587

  Tsukahara, Y ^a   Itakura, A ^b   Ohno, Y ^b   Ando, H ^a   Mizutani, S ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bradykinin; Fetal hepatic cell; Kininase I; Preeclampsia; Umbilical blood

Indexed keywords

ARGININE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; BRADYKININ;

ACIDEMIA; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; EVALUATION; FETUS; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS LIVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL; PH MEASUREMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN; UMBILICUS;

BRADYKININ; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL HYPOXIA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LYSINE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS;

UMBILICUS;

EID: 0345448868     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-43503     Document Type: Article

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