In-vitro study of the effect of anti-hypertensive drugs on placental hormones and angiogenic proteins synthesis in pre-eclampsia.

Antihypertensive drugs lower the maternal blood pressure in pre-eclampsia (PE) by direct or central vasodilatory mechanisms but little is known about the direct effects of these drugs on placental functions.The aim of our study is to evaluate the effect of labetolol, hydralazine, α-methyldopa and pr...

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Main Authors: Subrata Gangooly, Shanthi Muttukrishna, Eric Jauniaux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4175458?pdf=render