Alterations in the Maternal Peripheral Microvascular Response in Pregnancies Complicated by Preeclampsia and the Impact of Fetal Sex

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 573-578

  Stark, Michael J ^a   Dierkx, L ^a   Clifton, V L ^a   Wright, Ian M R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

fetal sex; Microcirculation; preeclampsia; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; VASODILATION;

EID: 33845385807     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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