Structural Changes in Umbilical Vessels in Pregnancy Induced Hypertension

Placenta

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-214

  Koech, A ^a   Ndungu, B ^a   Gichangi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy; Umbilical vessels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 38649108555     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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