Immunohistochemical localization of nitric oxide synthase in human fetal membranes

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 725-727

  Marinoni, Emanuela ^a   Di Iorio, Romolo ^a   Scucchi, Luigi ^b   Cosmi, Ermelando V ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal membranes; Human pregnancy; Immunohistochemistry; NOS isoenzymes; Parturition

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; CHORION; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0030884506     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349709024336     Document Type: Article

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