Postnatal consequences of prenatal cocaine exposure and myocardial apoptosis: Does cocaine in utero imperil the adult heart?

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 887-888

  Feng, Qingping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cocaine; Heart development; Myocardial ischemia and reperfusion

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

APOPTOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; COCAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 17844371053     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706130     Document Type: Review

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