Involvement of calcitonin gene-related peptide in the modulation of human myometrial contractility during pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 559-565

  Dong, Yuan Lin ^a   Fang, Li ^a   Kondapaka, Sudhir ^a   Gangula, Pandu R ^a   Wimalawansa, Sunil J ^a   Yallampalli, Chandrasekhar ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

6 ANILINO 5,8 QUINOLINEQUINONE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE[8-37]; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABOR INDUCTION; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA ANALYSIS; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0032744298     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI6324     Document Type: Article

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