Arterial wall hyperplasia is increased in placental compared with myoendometrial radial uterine arteries from late-pregnant rats

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 302-308

  Hammer, Erica S ^a   Cipolla, Marilyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperplasia; Pregnancy; Radial uterine artery; Rat; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MITOSIS INDEX; MITOSIS RATE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SPECIES COMPARISON; UTERINE ARTERY;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOMETRIUM; PAPAVERINE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 12844253314     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.06.094     Document Type: Article

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