Ontogeny of cholinergic regulation of fetal upper gastrointestinal motility

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-106

  Oyachi, N ^a   Acosta, R ^b   Cho, M H ^a   Atkinson, J B ^a   Buchmiller Crair, T L ^a   Ross, M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atropine; Cholinergic receptor; Fetal gastrointestinal motility; Premature infant

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; FLUORESCEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; ULTRASOUND; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 0041926520     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/jmf.14.2.102.106     Document Type: Article

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