Mast cells in cervical ripening - An immunohistochemical and biomechanical study in rats

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-97

  Spanggaard, Henrik ^a,b   Knudsen, Ulla B ^a   Uldbjerg, Niels ^a   Jeziorska, Maria ^c   Woolley, David E ^c   Danielsen, Carl Christian ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cervical ripening; Immunohistochemistry; Mast cell stabilizer; Rat

Indexed keywords

ONAPRISTONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0030957034     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(97)02735-8     Document Type: Article

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