Inhibitory Effects of Nitrendipine on Myometrial and Vascular Smooth Muscle in Human Pregnant Uterus and Placenta

Acta Pharmacologica et Toxicologica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 1-10

  Maigaard, Svend ^a,b   Forman, Axel ^a,b   Brogaard‐Hansen, Karl P ^a,b   Andersson, Karl‐Erik ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium channel blockers; chorionic arteries; humans; myometrial arteries; myometrium; nitrendipine; stem villous arteries

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; NITRENDIPINE; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE; MYOMETRIUM; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

CALCIUM; DINOPROST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOMETRIUM; NITRENDIPINE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PLACENTA; POTASSIUM; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDINS F; UTERINE CONTRACTION; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0022447579     PISSN: 00016683     EISSN: 16000773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1986.tb00127.x     Document Type: Article

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