Local anesthetics inhibit uterine activity in vitro: Possible application on preterm labor prevention and treatment

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 292-296

  Fauza, Dario O ^a,b   Kohane, Daniel S ^c   Beeuwkes, Elizabeth B ^b,d   Clayton, Nicholas ^d   Maher, Timothy J ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MA Coll of Pharm and Hlth Sci   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Labor; Local anesthetic; Myometrium; Premature labor; Uterus

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PROCAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FORCE; GESTATION PERIOD; IN VITRO STUDY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS RELAXATION;

AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LIDOCAINE; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PROCAINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0042161654     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071968     Document Type: Article

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