Dexamethasone-induced changes in endometrial growth and inducible nitric oxide synthase during decidualization in rats

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 240-245

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

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduoma induction; Dexamethasone; Endometrium; Inhibition; Matrix metalloproteinases; Nitric oxide synthase; Progesterone; Pseudopregnancy

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; METALLOPROTEINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031965981     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.t01-14-.x     Document Type: Article

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