Neurokinin B levels in maternal and umbilical cord blood in preeclamptic and normal pregnancies

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 200-202

  Zulfikaroglu, Ebru ^a,b   Ugur, Mustafa ^a   Taflan, Selen ^a   Ugurlu, Nil ^a   Atalay, Aral ^a   Kalyoncu, Senol ^a  

^a Dr Zekai Tahir Burak Women Health Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Circulating factor; Cord blood; Maternal serum; Neurokinin B; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

NEUROKININ B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MODULATION; NEWBORN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; NEUROKININ B; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34247887458     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2007.050     Document Type: Article

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