High levels of fetal membrane activin βA and activin receptor IIB mRNAs and augmented concentration of amniotic fluid activin A in women in term or preterm labor

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-101

  Petraglia, F ^a   Di Blasio, A M ^b   Florio, P ^c   Gallo, R ^c   Genazzani, A R ^c   Woodruff, T K ^d   Vale, W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOCOLYSIS;

EID: 0030788702     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1540095     Document Type: Article

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