Contraction kinetics of isolated human myometrium during menstrual cycle and pregnancy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 62-67

  Tchirikov, Mikhail ^a   Peiper, Ulrich ^b   Schröder, Hobe J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; INDOLACTAM V; MYOSIN; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETICS; LUTEAL PHASE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VIBRATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0033989545     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11580.x     Document Type: Article

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