Prostaglandin dehydrogenase mRNA in baboon intrauterine tissues in late gestation and spontaneous labor

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 279, Issue 3 48-3, 2000, Pages

  Wu, W X ^a   Ma, X H ^a   Smith, G C S ^a   Mecenas, C A ^a   Koenen, S V ^a   Nathanielsz, P W ^a  

^a Cornell Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Chorion; Myometrium; Parturition; Placenta

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXYPROSTAGLANDIN DEHYDROGENASE; BETAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CHILDBIRTH; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FETUS MEMBRANE; LABOR; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN METABOLISM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0033834005     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.279.3.r1082     Document Type: Article

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