Elastin of the umbilical cord arteries and its alterations in EPH gestosis (preeclampsia)

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-96

  Pawlicka, Elzbieta ^a   Bańkowski, Edward ^a   Jaworski, Stefan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Elastin; EPH gestosis; Umbilical cord artery

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID; PROLINE;

ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; HYPERTENSION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY TOXEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEINURIA; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KINETICS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROLINE; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0345580632     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014083     Document Type: Article

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