Enhanced growth and improved vascular function in offspring from successive pregnancies in endothelial nitric oxide synthase knockout mice

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1470-1476

  Longo, Monica ^a,d   Jain, Venu ^a,b   Langenveld, Josje ^c   Vedernikov, Yuri P ^a   Garfield, Robert E ^a   Hankins, Gary D V ^a   Anderson, Garland D ^a   Saade, George R ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Univ Texas Med Br   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal programming; Mice; Parity; Preeclampsia; Uteroplacental perfusion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BREED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HETEROZYGOSITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LITTER SIZE; MOUSE; MULTIPARA; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PARITY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 7044220871     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.05.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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