Greater uterine artery blood flow during pregnancy in multigenerational (Andean) than shorter-term (European) high-altitude residents

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Wilson, Megan J ^a   Lopez, Miriam ^b   Vargas, Marco ^c   Julian, Colleen ^a   Tellez, Wilma ^c   Rodriguez, Armando ^c   Bigham, Abigail ^d   Armaza, J Fernando ^c   Niermeyer, Susan ^a   Shriver, Mark ^d   Vargas, Enrique ^c   Moore, Lorna G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Hospital San Gabriel and Clinica del Sur   (Bolivia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Genetic adaptation; Hypoxia; Small for gestational age; Uteroplacental vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD VOLUME; BOLIVIA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL HYPOXIA; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOWER EXTREMITY; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 34548455330     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00806.2006     Document Type: Article

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