Cervical ripening in guinea-pigs after a local application of nitric oxide

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2093-2101

  Chwalisz, Kristof ^a   Shao Qing, Shi ^b   Garfield, Robert E ^c   Beier, Henning M ^d  

^a BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Guinea pig; Nitric oxide; Parturition; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; ONAPRISTONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SULPROSTONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; GUINEA PIG; HISTOLOGY; LABOR; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; STROMA; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030817771     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.10.2093     Document Type: Article

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