Umbilical artery tone in maternal obesity

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hehir, Mark P ^a   Moynihan, Audrey T ^a   Glavey, Siobhan V ^a   Morrison, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SEROTONIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BODY MASS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OBESITY; PUERPERIUM; TISSUE SECTION; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD; VASOCONSTRICTION; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; DINOPROST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEROTONIN; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 62149115314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-6     Document Type: Article

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