Effect of histamine on phasic and tonic contractions of isolated uterine tissue from pregnant women

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 774-778

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

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractility; Histamine; Histamine receptors; Human myometrium; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; CIMETIDINE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INDOLACTAM V; PROTEIN KINASE C ACTIVATOR; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0037342891     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.162     Document Type: Article

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