Trophoblasts and soluble adhesion molecules in peripheral blood of women with pregnancy-induced hypertension

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 152-155

  Heimrath, Jerzy ^a   Krawczenko, A ^b   Kozlak, J ^b   Dus, D ^b  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Pregnancy induced hypertension; Soluble intercellular cell adhesion molecule; Soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SYMPTOM; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 1242330788     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.8755-8920.2003.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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