The effects of sildenafil citrate (Viagra) on uterine blood flow and well being in the intrauterine growth-restricted fetus

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102.e1-102.e7

  Miller, Suzanne L ^a   Loose, Jan M ^a   Jenkin, Graham ^a   Wallace, Euan M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

fetal well being; intrauterine growth restriction; sildenafil citrate

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS WEIGHT; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TACHYCARDIA; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 58049166419     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.08.029     Document Type: Article

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