Capillary remodeling in infants born to hypertensive pregnancy: Pilot study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 848-853

  Antonios, Tarek F T ^a   Raghuraman, Rajendra P ^a   D'Souza, Rohan ^a,b   Nathan, Preetha ^a   Wang, Duolao ^c   Manyonda, Isaac T ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood pressure; capillary rarefaction; essential hypertension; hypertension; hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CAPILLARY RAREFACTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MICROCIRCULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SKIN; TOES;

EID: 84864282670     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2012.51     Document Type: Article

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