The extracorporeal perfusion of the swine uterus as an experimental model: The effect of tocolytic drugs

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-62

  Maltaris, Theodoros ^a   Dragonas, Charalampos ^a   Hoffmann, Inge ^a   Mueller, Andreas ^a   Schild, Ralf L ^a   Schmidt, Werner ^b   Beckmann, Matthias W ^a   Dittrich, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal perfusion; Hormones; Myometrium; Swine uterus; Tocolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ATOSIBAN; FENOTEROL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PROPOFOL; RITODRINE; TERBUTALINE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PERFUSION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TOCOLYSIS; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 33646197079     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2005.07.026     Document Type: Article

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