Uterine vein and maternal urinary levels of activin A and inhibin A in pre-eclampsia patients

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 469-473

  Muttukrishna, S ^a,b   Hyett, J ^a   Paine, M ^a   Moodley, J ^c   Groome, N ^b   Rodeck, C ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FOLLISTATIN; INHIBIN A;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DELIVERY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL SERUM; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ACTIVINS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; INHIBINS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERUS; VEINS;

EID: 33644916664     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2006.02476.x     Document Type: Article

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