Nitric oxide synthase expression and steroid regulation in the uterus of women with menorrhagia

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1048-1054

  Zervou, S ^a   Klentzeris, L D ^b   Old, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

17 oestradiol; Menorrhagia; Nitric oxide; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMETRIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; UTERUS;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MENORRHAGIA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PROGESTERONE; UTERUS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0032724383     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.11.1048     Document Type: Article

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