Circulating excitations and re-entry in the pregnant uterus

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 433, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-293

  Lammers, Wim J E P ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Circus movement; Dysfunctional labor; Myometrium; Pregnancy; Reentry; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS;

EID: 0031014293     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050279     Document Type: Article

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