Local paracrine effects of estradiol are central to parturition in the rhesus monkey

Nature Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 456-459

  Nathanielsz, Peter W ^a   Jenkins, Susan L ^a   Tame, Jennifer D ^a   Winter, James A ^a   Guller, Seth ^b   Giussani, Dino A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FIBRONECTIN; FORMESTANE; INTRALIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MACACA MULATTA; MYOMETRIUM; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031901030     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0498-456     Document Type: Article

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