The expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in amnion and decidua following spontaneous labor

Prostaglandins

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 261-267

  Fuentes, Armando ^a,b   Spaziani, Eric P ^a   O'Brien, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

amnion; Cyclooxygenase 2; decidua; labor

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DECIDUA; ENZYME INDUCTION; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABOR INDUCTION; NEWBORN; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

AMNION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DECIDUA; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES;

EID: 0030271756     PISSN: 00906980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-6980(96)00088-3     Document Type: Article

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