Indomethacin reduces contraction of isolated non-pregnant human uterine artery induced by prostaglandin F(2α)

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1998-2002

  Grbović, Leposava ^a   Jovanović, Aleksandar ^a   Tulić, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Indomethacin; OKY 046; Prostaglandin F(2 ); Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; OZAGREL; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTANOID; THROMBOXANE A2;

ADULT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0029796824     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019532     Document Type: Article

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