Endometrial endothelin: Regulator of uterine bleeding and endometrial repair

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-157

  Salamonsen, Lois A ^a   Marsh, Marion M ^a,b   Findlay, Jock K ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial bleeding; Endometrium; Endothelin; Menorrhagia; Menstrual bleeding; Menstruation; Neutral endopeptidase; Norplant ; Tissue endothelin receptor; Tissue repair

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; GROWTH PROMOTOR; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; UTERUS BLEEDING; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELINS; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEPRILYSIN; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0033069764     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.1999.03012.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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