Pregnancy augments uteroplacental vascular endothelial growth factor gene expression and vasodilator effects

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 2 42-2, 1997, Pages

  Ni, Yajun ^a   May, Victor ^a   Braas, Karen ^a   Osol, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Placenta; Uterine arteries; Uterus

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS CARCINOMA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 33745407442     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.2.h938     Document Type: Article

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