Sildenafil citrate improves perinatal outcome in fetuses from pre-eclamptic rats

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1394-1402

  Herraiz, S ^a   Pellicer, B ^a   Serra, V ^a   Cauli, O ^b   Cortijo, J ^c   Felipo, V ^b   Pellicer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pre eclampsia; pregnancy; sildenafil

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; HEMODYNAMICS; IN VIVO STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEINURIA; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASODILATATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PURINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84866380748     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03430.x     Document Type: Article

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