Magnesium sulfate has sex-specific, dose-dependent vasodilator effects on preterm placental vessels

Biology of Sex Differences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gray, Clint ^a   Vickers, Mark H ^b   Dyson, Rebecca M ^a,c   Reynolds, Clare M ^b   Berry, Mary J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d CAPITAL AND COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84946091558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20426410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13293-015-0040-z     Document Type: Article

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