Role of corticotropin-releasing hormone in onset of labour

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9189, 1999, Pages 1546-1549

  Grammatopoulos, Dimitris K ^a   Hillhouse, Edward W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS RELAXATION;

EID: 0033619483     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03418-2     Document Type: Note

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