Progesterone and nitric oxide;Progesteron und die Stickstoffmonoxidsysteme

Zentralblatt fur Gynakologie

Volumn 119, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages 12-16

  Wieser, F ^a,b   Gruber, D M ^a   Tschugguel, W ^a   Huber, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Immune system; Nitric oxide; Progesterone; Sexual steroids; Venous system

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LABOR; MENSTRUATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MENSTRUATION; NITRIC OXIDE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030661889     PISSN: 00444197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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