Usefulness of a new tactile sensor for measurement of uterine cervical ripening in mice in a quantitative and noninvasive manner

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 175, Issue 3 PART I, 1996, Pages 713-718

  Kaga, Nobuhiko ^a   Katsuki, Yukio ^a   Kakinuma, Chihaya ^a   Obata, Masaomi ^a   Shibutani, Yasunori ^a   Omata, Sadao ^b  

^a MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Lipopolysaccharide; Mice; Tactile sensor

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; PREGNANCY; TOUCH; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0029852507     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ob.1996.v175.a74406     Document Type: Article

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