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Hypertension in Pregnancy Volume 20, 2001 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Connexin Expression is not Altered in Omental Resistance Vessels from Women with Preeclampsia

Jason G. Umans Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DCCorrespondence[email protected]
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Marshall D. Lindheimer Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Committee on Clinical Pharmacology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Bradley Hack Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Cathleen A. Davidson-Garcia Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Pages 119-124 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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