Hypothetical role of prostaglandins in the onset of preterm labor after fetal surgery

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-99

  Pomini, Francesco ^a   Noia, Giuseppe ^a   Mancuso, Salvatore ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Chorion; Fetal surgery; Myometrium; Physiology; Preterm labor; Prostaglandin; Prostaglandin dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXYPROSTAGLANDIN DEHYDROGENASE; PROSTAGLANDIN;

AMNION FLUID; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FETUS SURGERY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MYOMETRIUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTAGLANDIN METABOLISM; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHORION; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; PROSTAGLANDINS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 33847053140     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097104     Document Type: Review

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