Myometrial steroid concentration and oxytocin receptor density in parturient women at term

Steroids

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 338-344

  Rezapour, Masoumeh ^a   Bäckström, Torbjörn ^b   Ulmsten, Ulf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human; Labor; Myometrium; Oxytocin receptor; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; METABOLISM; MYOMETRIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS CONTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSTOCIA; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

ADULT; BINDING SITES; CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MYOMETRIUM; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0029658994     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0039-128X(96)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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