Fetal nucleated red blood cells in a rat model of intrauterine growth restriction induced by hypoxia and nitric oxide synthase inhibition

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 482.e1-482.e8

  Ravishankar, Viswanathan ^a   Buhimschi, Catalin S ^b   Booth, Carmen J ^b   Bhandari, Vineet ^b   Norwitz, Errol ^b   Copel, Joshua ^b   Buhimschi, Irina A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic hypoxia; erythropoietin; intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR); nitric oxide; nucleated red blood cell (NRBC)

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOXIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL BLOOD; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 34247249833     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.12.020     Document Type: Article

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