Blood vessel changes during pregnancy: A review

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-69

  Henry, Frédérique ^a   Quatresooz, Pascale ^a   Valverde Lopez, Jenny C ^a,b   Piérard, Ǵerald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL DOCENTE DE TRUJILLO   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BURNING SENSATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ERYTHEMA; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FACE EDEMA; GESTATION PERIOD; GINGIVA HYPERTROPHY; GINGIVITIS; GLOMUS TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LEG VARICOSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LYMPH VESSEL; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUTH CAVITY; PAIN; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; REMISSION; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN COLOR; TELANGIECTASIA; VAGINA MUCOSA; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR TUMOR; VULVA DISEASE;

BLOOD VESSELS; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SKIN DISEASES; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 33644501878     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200607010-00006     Document Type: Review

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