The relationship between Activin A and anti-angiogenic factors in the development of pre-eclampsia

Pregnancy Hypertension

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-6

  Gurusinghe, Seshini ^a   Wallace, Euan M ^a   Lim, Rebecca ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894356735     PISSN: 22107789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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