Estrogen and progesterone modulation of eosinophilic infiltration of the rat uterine cervix

Steroids

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 409-414

  Ramos, Jorge G ^a   Varayoud, Jorgelina ^a   Kass, Laura ^a   Rodriguez, Horacio ^a   Muñoz De Toro, Mónica ^a   Montes, Gregorio S ^b   Luque, Enrique H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cervix; Eosinophils; Estrogen; Parturition; Progesterone; RU 486; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILDBIRTH; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; RAT; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; DACTINOMYCIN; EOSINOPHILS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MIFEPRISTONE; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033936508     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(00)00098-2     Document Type: Article

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