Endothelial cell function enhancement in a late normal human pregnancy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 525-529

  Faber Swensson, Anders Per ^a   O'Callaghan, Stephen Patrick Michael ^a,b   Walters, William Allen Willcox ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular physiology; Flow mediated vasodilatation; Longitudinal study; Pregnancy; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NURSING STAFF; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASODILATION;

EID: 11344255261     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2004.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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