Plasma- and urine concentrations of nitrite/nitrate and cyclic Guanosinemonophosphate in intrauterine growth restricted and preeclamptic pregnancies

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 274, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 150-154

  Schiessl, Barbara ^a   Strasburger, Christian ^b   Bidlingmaier, Martin ^c   Mylonas, Ioannis ^a   Jeschke, Udo ^a   Kainer, Franz ^a   Friese, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclic guanosinemonophosphate (cGMP); Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR); Nitric oxide (NO); Nitrite Nitrate; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; IODINE 125; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CYCLIC GMP; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646889086     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0149-8     Document Type: Article

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