Nitric oxide in the endometrium

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 565-569

  Cameron, I T ^a   Campbell, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Human; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECIDUALIZATION; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STROMA CELL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS RELAXATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MYOMETRIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0032420476     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.5.565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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