Effect of the vascular endothelium on contractions induced by prostaglandin F(2α) in isolated pregnant guinea pig uterine artery

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2041-2047

  Grbović, Leposava ^a   Jovanović, Aleksandar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Pregnancy; Prostaglandin F(2 ); Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; INDOMETACIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029800390     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019540     Document Type: Article

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