Histomorphometry of Umbilical Cord Blood Vessels in Preeclampsia

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-34

  Blanco, Manuel V ^a   Vega, Hilda R ^a   Giuliano, Rodolfo ^a   Grana, Daniel R ^b   Azzato, Francisco ^b   Lerman, Jorge ^a   Milei, Jose ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^b Buenos Aires ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN WALL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 78650975515     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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