Prostaglandins and mechanisms of preterm birth

Reproduction

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-17

  Challis, John R G ^a   Sloboda, Deborah M ^a   Alfaidy, Nadia ^a   Lye, Steven J ^a   Gibb, William ^a   Patel, Fal A ^a   Whittle, Wendy L ^a   Newnham, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 15 HYDROXYPROSTAGLANDIN DEHYDROGENASE; CORTISONE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; AMNION; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS CIRCULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOXEMIA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVIEW; SHEEP; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036063239     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1240001     Document Type: Review

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