Changes in Cervical Nitric Oxide Concentration Correlate With Bishop Score and Cervical Length Modifications in Prostaglandin E2-Mediated Induction of Labor

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-208

  Chiossi, Giuseppe ^a   Verocchi, Gianluca ^a   Venturini, Paolo ^a   Facchinetti, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cervical ripening; dinoprostone; Induction of labor; nitric oxide; nitric oxide metabolites; prostaglandin E2

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYTOCICS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646116059     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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