Prostaglandin E and F(2α) concentration in the cervical mucus and mechanism of cervical ripening

Prostaglandins

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 253-261

  Platz Christensen, Jens J ^a   Pernevi, Peter ^a   Bokström, Hans ^a   Wiqvist, Nils ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bacterial vaginosis; cervical mucus; cervical ripening; coitus; pregnancy; prostaglandin

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VAGINITIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMISTRY; COITUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CERVIX MUCUS; CERVIX UTERI; COITUS; DINOPROST; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSTAGLANDINS E; TIME FACTORS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0030611950     PISSN: 00906980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-6980(97)89599-8     Document Type: Article

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