Preterm labour

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-153

  Lopez Bernal A ^a   Tambyraja, R L ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cell signalling; Myometrium; Oxytocin; Prostaglandins; Receptors; Tachyphylaxis; Tocolysis; Uterine contractility; 2 agonists

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATOSIBAN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CORTICOSTEROID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROSTAGLANDIN INHIBITOR; PROSTANOID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; RITODRINE; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSTOCIA; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INSOMNIA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MIGRAINE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0343820084     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beog.1999.0068     Document Type: Article

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