Smoking cessation early in pregnancy and birth weight, length, head circumference, and endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity in umbilical and chorionic vessels. An observational study of healthy singleton pregnancies

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 857-864

  Andersen, Malene R ^a,b   Simonsen, Ulf ^c   Uldbjerg, Niels ^b   Aalkjær, Christian ^c   Stender, Steen ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Lipids; Nitric oxide synthase; Pregnancy; Smoking; Vessels

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; COTININE; DIMETHYLARGININASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTRADIOL; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHORION; FEMALE; FETUS; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PREGNANCY; SMOKING CESSATION; UMBILICAL VEINS; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61949452810     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.755769     Document Type: Article

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