American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 197, Issue 4 , Pages 418.e1-418.e5 , October 2007

Gender-specific effect of overexpression of sFlt-1 in pregnant mice on fetal programming of blood pressure in the offspring later in life

Presented at the 27th Annual Clinical Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 5-10, 2007.

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 Cite this article as: Lu F, Bytautiene E, Tamayo E, et al. Gender-specific effect of overexpression of sFlt-1 in pregnant mice on fetal programming of blood pressure in the offspring later in life. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197:418.e1-418.e5.

PII: S0002-9378(07)00840-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.06.064

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 197, Issue 4 , Pages 418.e1-418.e5 , October 2007

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