Length tension relationships in the nonpregnant and pregnant rat uterus and the effect of antiprogestin

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-81

  Knudsen, U B ^a   Svane, D ^a   Forman, A ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGESTAGEN; COLLAGEN; ONAPRISTONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; LABOR; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031858211     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1130075     Document Type: Article

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