Inflammatory mediators and parturition

Reviews of Reproduction

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-96

  Kelly, Rodney W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; STEROID;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; STEROIDS;

EID: 0030131977     PISSN: 13596004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/ror.0.0010089     Document Type: Article

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