Levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine throughout normal pregnancy and in pregnancies complicated with preeclampsia or had a small for gestational age baby

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1311-1315

  Rizos, Demetrios ^a   Eleftheriades, Makarios ^b   Batakis, Emmanuel ^a   Rizou, Myrto ^a   Haliassos, Alexander ^c   Hassiakos, Demetrios ^a   Botsis, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Embryocare   (Greece)

^c Diamedica   (Greece)

Author keywords

ADMA; preeclampsia; pregnancy; SGA

Indexed keywords

N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE BLOOD LEVEL; NEWBORN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARGININE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84863858019     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.632037     Document Type: Article

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