Modulation of the prostaglandin e receptor: A possible mechanism for infection-induced preterm labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 84-88

  Spaziani, Eric P ^a   O'Brien, William F ^a   Tsibris, John C M ^a   Benoit, Raymond R ^a   Gould, Stanley F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR;

CELLS, CULTURED; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN E;

EID: 0032615317     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00361-5     Document Type: Article

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