Maternal uterine vascular remodeling during pregnancy

Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-71

  Osol, George ^a   Mandala, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTERY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 59849103386     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00033.2008     Document Type: Review

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