Pharmacodynamics of clonidine therapy in pregnancy: A heterogeneous maternal response impacts fetal growth

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1234-1240

  Rothberger, Sophia ^a   Carr, Darcy ^a   Brateng, Debra ^a   Hebert, Mary ^a,b   Easterling, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; clonidine; hemodynamics; hypertension; pharmacodynamics; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CLONIDINE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958107192     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.159     Document Type: Article

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