Effects of gestational age on prostaglandin production and its regulation in human myometrial cells

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-98

  Pollard, Jeffrey K ^a,b,c   Mitchell, Murray D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Myometrium; Pregnancy; Prostaglandins

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

6-KETOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; CELLS, CULTURED; CESAREAN SECTION; DINOPROST; DINOPROSTONE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; IONOMYCIN; KINETICS; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSTAGLANDINS; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0029964277     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059609025405     Document Type: Article

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