Prostaglandin Mediates Premature Delivery in Pregnant Sheep Induced by Estradiol at 121 Days of Gestational Age

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1444-1452

  Wu, Wen Xuan ^a   Ma, Xiao Hong ^d   Coksaygan, Turhan ^a   Chakrabarty, Kaushik ^a   Collins, Valta ^a   Rose, James ^b   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RP1 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450C17; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DINOPROST; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; ISOENZYMES; MYOMETRIUM; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARTURITION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 1442348119     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-1142     Document Type: Article

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