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Published on: June 18, 2013
[The effect of PGE2 on vascular resistance in human placentas perfused in vitro]
B Leszczyńska-Gorzelak1, J Oleszczuk, I Gołubka
1Kliniki Połoznictwa i Perinatologii Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie.
Ginekologia Polska
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
In vitro perfusions of the fetal part of 15 placentas were performed. An arterial system was singularly injected by 0.75 mg of PGE2 (Prostin-Upjohn). Persistent effect of a perfusion pressure increase reflecting the placenta vessels resistance was observed.

