Biochemical changes in the cervical mucus after application of laminaria tent

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-207

  El Maradny, Emad ^a   Kanayama, Naohiro ^a   Halim, Abdul ^a   Maehara, Kayoko ^a   Kobayashi, Takao ^a   Terao, Toshihiko ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen content; Collagenase activity; Elastase activity; IL 1 ; IL 8; Laminaria tent; Leukocyte count; PGE2 and PGF2

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; ELASTASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINARIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 0029867115     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609047087     Document Type: Article

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