Plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine concentration during the perinatal period

Neonatology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-13

  Vida, Gabriella ^a,c   Sulyok, Endre ^a   Ertl, Tibor ^a   Martens Lobenhoffer, Jens ^b   Bode Böger, Stefanie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Hungary)

Author keywords

Perinatal period; Plasma dimethylarginines; Umbilical vessels

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SYMMETRICAL DIMETHYLARGININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERM BIRTH; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; ARGININE; BLOOD CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 34347341632     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098411     Document Type: Article

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