Temporal glucocorticoid treatment: Modulation of periodic endometrial responses during decidualization and pregnancy in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 893-897

  Spencer, Fitzgerald ^a   Chi, Limen ^a   Zhu, Ming Xia ^a   Gebrelul, Sebhatu ^a  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decidualization; Dexamethasone; Endometrium; Growth responses; Inhibition; Pregnancy; Pseudopregnancy; Rats

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UTERUS GROWTH;

EID: 0030847592     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00259-X     Document Type: Article

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