Effects of RU486 on estrogen, progesterone, oxytocin, and their receptors in the rat uterus during late gestation

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2763-2768

  Fang, X ^a   Wong, S ^a   Mitchell, B F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MIFEPRISTONE; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; LIGAND BINDING; MATERNAL SERUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0030960379     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.7.5247     Document Type: Article

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