Effect of lipopolysaccharide on uterine contractions and prostaglandin production in pregnant rats

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 84-89

  Okawa, Toshiaki ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Yaanagida, Kaoru ^a   Sato, Akira ^a   Vedernikov, Yuri ^b   Saade, George ^b   Garfield, Robert ^b  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipopolysaccharide; Oxytocin; Preterm labor; Prostaglandins; Uterine contractility

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ENDOTOXIN; INDOMETACIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL SERUM; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0035128573     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2001.108083     Document Type: Article

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