The influence of methylene blue on the spontaneous contractity of the non-pregnant human myometrium and on the myometrial response to DEA/NO

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 389-400

  Modzelewska, Beata ^a   Kostrzewska, Anna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cystamine; DEA NO; Human Myometrium; Methylene Blue

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; CYSTAMINE; DIETHYLAMINE; METHYLENE BLUE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 27644483605     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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