Mechanism of development of pre-eclampsia linking breathing disorders to endothelial dysfunction

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-166

  Jerath, Ravinder ^a,b   Barnes, Vernon A ^b   Fadel, Hossam E ^b,c  

^a AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University Hospital Augusta   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RELAXATION THERAPY; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 67349151152     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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