Evidence that relaxin's effects on growth and softening of the cervix are not mediated through prostaglandins in the rat

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 867-873

  Sherwood, O David ^a,b   Jungheim, Emily S ^a   Masferrer, Jaime L ^c   Cramer, Joyce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ESTROGEN; INDOMETACIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TISSUE GROWTH; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

EID: 0031737651     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.3.5843     Document Type: Article

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