Human placental transport of oxytocin

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 245-255

  Malek, Antoine ^a,b,c   Blann, Ernice ^a,b   Mattison, Donald R ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Human placenta; In vitro perfusion; Oxytocin; Transport

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR INDUCTION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INULIN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN; PERFUSION; PERMEABILITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0029854229     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059609025430     Document Type: Article

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