Changes in the nitric oxide system of rat myometrium during midgestation and delivery at term

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 403-408

  Kaya, Tijen ^b   Cetin, Ali ^a   Sarioglu, Yusuf ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

L arginine; L NAME; Myometrium; Nitric oxide; Pregnancy; Rat

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBACHOL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; LABOR INDUCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0004802596     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1998.0310     Document Type: Article

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