Flow-Mediated Vasodilatation Is Enhanced in Normal Pregnancy but Reduced in Preeclampsia
- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 30 (2) , 247-251
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.30.2.247
Abstract
Endothelium-derived nitric oxide is proposed to play an important role in the lowering of peripheral vascular resistance in normal pregnancy. In women with preeclampsia, the function of th...Keywords
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