Nitric oxide-mediated effects on myometrial contractility at term during prelabor and labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 987-994

  Ekerhovd, Erling ^a   Weidegård, Birgitta ^b   Brännström, Mats ^c   Norström, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Göteborg ^*  (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ADULT; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MYOMETRIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROPRUSSIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SPERMINE; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0033053559     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00249-5     Document Type: Article

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