Immunolocalization of eicosanoid enzymes and growth factors in human myometrium and fetoplacental tissues in failed labor inductions

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 174-179

  Faber, Barbara M ^a,b   Metz, Steven A ^a,b   Chegini, Nasser ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; ICOSANOID; PROSTACYCLIN SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; THROMBOXANE SYNTHASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ICOSANOID METABOLISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABOR INDUCTION; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030221948     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00136-6     Document Type: Article

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