Changes in cervical resistance and collagen fluorescence during gestation in rats

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 188-194

  Shi, Leili ^a   Shi, Shao Qing ^a   Saade, George R ^a   Chwalisz, Kristof ^b   Garfield, Robert E ^a  

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

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Cervix; Labor; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CERVIX UTERI; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032772402     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.1999.026     Document Type: Article

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