Nitric oxide increases endocervical secretion at the ovulatory phase in the female

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 883-886

  Mörlin, Birgitta ^a   Hammarström, Margareta ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomic nerves; Cervical secretion; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GUINEA PIG; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; CERVIX MUCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROGLYCERIN; OVULATION;

EID: 24044488929     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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