Monoclonal antibodies specific for rat relaxin. X. Endogenous relaxin induces changes in the histological characteristics of the rat vagina during the second half of pregnancy

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4726-4734

  Zhao, Shuangping ^a   Sherwood, O D ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0031764345     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.11.6327     Document Type: Article

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