Maternal Uterine Vascular Remodeling During Pregnancy

Microcirculation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-47

  Osol, George ^a   Moore, Lorna G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Pregnancy; Remodeling; Uterine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FETUS GROWTH; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY;

ENDOTHELIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; PREGNANCY; REMODELING; UTERINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 84891620404     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/micc.12080     Document Type: Article

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