Reduced maternal plasma urocortin concentrations and impaired uterine artery blood flow at human mid pregnancy

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-194

  Florio, Pasquale ^b   Calonaci, Giulia ^b   Severi, Filiberto M ^b   Torricelli, Michela ^b   Bocchi, Caterina ^b   Fiore, Giovina ^b   Linton, Elizabeth A ^b   Petraglia, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Doppler; Endothelium; Urocortin; Uterine artery; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

UROCORTIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERNAL BLOOD; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 15244362641     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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