Oxytocin antagonists

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1403-1406

  Vatish, Manu ^a   Thornton, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oxytocin (OT); Oxytocin antagonists; Oxytocin receptor (OTR); Preterm labour; Tocolysis

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ATOSIBAN; BENZAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZOXAZINE DERIVATIVE; BENZOXAZINONE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; HEPTAPEPTIDE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG USE; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS OBLITERATION; ENTEROPATHY; HUMAN; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATENT; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW;

EID: 0036739564     PISSN: 13543776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543776.12.9.1403     Document Type: Review

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