Collagenolysis in the lower uterine segment during parturition at term: Correlations with stage of cervical dilatation and duration of labor

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 153-158

  Winkler, Matthias ^a,b   Oberpichler, Andrè ^c   Tschesche, Harald ^c   Ruck, Peter ^c   Fischer, Dagmar Christiane ^a   Rath, Werner ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Collagenolysis; Metalloproteinases; Parturition; Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GELATINASE B; NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS BIOPSY;

EID: 0032855395     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70452-7     Document Type: Article

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