Impaired retrograde transmission of vasodilatory signals via the endothelium in pre-eclampsia: A cause of reduced tissue blood flow?

Clinical Science

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-25

  Anim Nyame, N ^a   Sooranna, S R ^a   Johnson, M R ^a   Sullivan, M H ^b   Gamble, J ^c   Steer, P J ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Conducted dilatation; Pre eclampsia; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CATTLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATATION; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADULT; E-SELECTIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; LEG; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1; VASODILATION;

EID: 0347125111     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20030045     Document Type: Article

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