The role of hyaluronic acid as a mediator and regulator of cervical ripening

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1080-1088

  Maradny, Emad El ^a   Kanayama, Naohiro ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a   Hossain, Belayet ^a   Khatun, Selina ^a   Liping, She ^a   Kobayashi, Takao ^a   Terao, Toshihiko ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervix; Collagenase; Hyaluronic acid; Hyaluronidase; Interleukin 8; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; GELATINASE; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIDASE; INTERLEUKIN 8; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE WATER; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030904570     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.5.1080     Document Type: Article

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