Endogenous mast cell degranulation modulates cervical contractility in the guinea pig

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 438-445

  Bytautiene, Egle ^a   Vedernikov, Yuri P ^a   Saade, George R ^a   Romero, Roberto ^b   Garfield, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b National Institute for Child Health and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Contractility; Hypersensitivity; Mast cells; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND 48-80; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUINEA PIG; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0036129682     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.120488     Document Type: Article

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