Endothelial nitric oxide synthase immunreactivity and the ultrastructure of endothelial cells of umbilical artery in normal and preeclamptic pregnancies

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 458-463

  Kanter, Mehmet ^a   Gurbuz, Hulya ^a   Okman, Tulay Kilic ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endothelial ultrastructure; ENOS; Light microscopy; Preeclampsia; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; ORGANELLES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 78049482552     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: 15256006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641961003686468     Document Type: Article

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