Antiproliferative effects of inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibition on decidualization in pseudopregnant rats

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-50

  Spencer, Fitzgerald ^a   Chi, Limen ^a   Zhu, Ming Xia ^a  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RAT; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031957289     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-218-44266     Document Type: Short Survey

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