Characterisation of Tone Oscillations in Placental and Myometrial Arteries from Normal Pregnancies and Those Complicated by Pre-eclampsia and Growth Restriction

Placenta

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 356-365

  Sweeney, M ^a   Wareing, M ^b   Mills, T A ^b   Baker, P N ^b   Taggart, M J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal growth restriction; Myometrial artery tone; Nitirc oxide synthase; Nitric oxide; Placental artery tone; Pre eclampsia; Thromboxane; Tone oscillations; Vascular tone in pregnancy

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; BRADYKININ; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; THROMBOXANE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; OSCILLATION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

15-HYDROXY-11 ALPHA,9 ALPHA-(EPOXYMETHANO)PROSTA-5,13-DIENOIC ACID; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYKININ; CHORION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOGRAPHY; MYOMETRIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROARGININE; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 40949086351     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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