Effects of acute L-arginine infusion on non-stress test in hypertensive pregnant women

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-26

  Neri, I ^a,b   Blasi, I ^a   Facchinetti, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gestational hypertension; L arginine; Non stress test

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFUSION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NONSTRESS TEST; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARGININE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; PREGNANCY;

EID: 4644249748     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050412331282266     Document Type: Article

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