Altered potassium channel expression in the human placental vasculature of pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-86

  Corcoran, Jemma ^a   Lacey, Helen ^a   Baker, Philip N ^a   Wareing, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artery; Human; Placenta; Potassium channels; Vein

Indexed keywords

INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR6.2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SHAB POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMOGENATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 39749196056     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: 15256065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641950701826158     Document Type: Article

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