Increased adrenomedullin protein content and mRNA expression in human fetal membranes but not placental tissue in pre-eclampsia

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-186

  Al Ghafra, A ^a,b   Gude, Neil M ^a,b   Brennecke, S P ^a,b   King, R G ^c  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Fetal membranes; Placenta; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RNA EXTRACTION;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; AMNION; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHORION; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33645823387     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal016     Document Type: Article

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