A preliminary finding: Immunohistochemical localisation and distribution of placental angiotensin II receptor subtypes in normal and pre-eclamptic pregnancies

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-180

  Judson, J P ^a   Nadarajah, V D ^a   Bong, Y C ^a   Subramaniam, K ^a   Sivalingam, N ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Angiotensin receptors; Immunohistochemistry; Placenta; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR TYPE 1; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR TYPE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALAYSIA; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN;

EID: 33746324800     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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