Role of hypoxia in the evolution and development of the cardiovascular system

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1339-1352

  Fisher, Steven A ^a   Burggren, Warren W ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANGIOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DEOXYGENATION; EVOLUTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HYPOXIA; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; OXYGENATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34547899979     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2007.1704     Document Type: Review

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