Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 625-633 , July 2009

Reduced l-Arginine Transport and Nitric Oxide Synthesis in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells from Intrauterine Growth Restriction Pregnancies is Not Further Altered by Hypoxia

  • P. Casanello

      Affiliations

    • Perinatology Research Laboratory (PRL) and Cellular and Molecular Physiology Laboratory (CMPL), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, P.O. Box 114-D, Santiago, Chile
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +56 2 354 8119; fax: +56 2 632 1924.
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  • B. Krause

      Affiliations

    • Perinatology Research Laboratory (PRL) and Cellular and Molecular Physiology Laboratory (CMPL), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, P.O. Box 114-D, Santiago, Chile
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  • E. Torres

      Affiliations

    • Perinatology Research Laboratory (PRL) and Cellular and Molecular Physiology Laboratory (CMPL), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, P.O. Box 114-D, Santiago, Chile
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  • V. Gallardo

      Affiliations

    • Perinatology Research Laboratory (PRL) and Cellular and Molecular Physiology Laboratory (CMPL), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, P.O. Box 114-D, Santiago, Chile
    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciencies, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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  • M. González

      Affiliations

    • Perinatology Research Laboratory (PRL) and Cellular and Molecular Physiology Laboratory (CMPL), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, P.O. Box 114-D, Santiago, Chile
    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciencies, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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  • C. Prieto

      Affiliations

    • Perinatology Research Laboratory (PRL) and Cellular and Molecular Physiology Laboratory (CMPL), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, P.O. Box 114-D, Santiago, Chile
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  • C. Escudero

      Affiliations

    • Perinatology Research Laboratory (PRL) and Cellular and Molecular Physiology Laboratory (CMPL), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, P.O. Box 114-D, Santiago, Chile
    • Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Campus Fernando May, Chillán, Chile
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  • M. Farías

      Affiliations

    • Perinatology Research Laboratory (PRL) and Cellular and Molecular Physiology Laboratory (CMPL), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, P.O. Box 114-D, Santiago, Chile
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  • L. Sobrevia

      Affiliations

    • Perinatology Research Laboratory (PRL) and Cellular and Molecular Physiology Laboratory (CMPL), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, P.O. Box 114-D, Santiago, Chile

,Accepted 24 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.04.010

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 625-633 , July 2009

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