Arrest of preterm labor in rat and mouse by an oral and selective nonprostanoid antagonist of the prostaglandin F2α receptor (FP)

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54.e1-54.e9

  Cirillo, Rocco ^b   Tos, Enrico Gillio ^b   Page, Patrick ^a   Missotten, Marc ^a   Quattropani, Anna ^a   Scheer, Alexander ^a   Schwarz, Matthias K ^a   Chollet, André ^a  

^a MERCK SERONO S A   (Switzerland)

^b Istituto di Ricerche Biomediche Antoine Marxer SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

myometrium contractility; preterm labor; prostaglandin F2 receptor antagonist; prostaglandins; rat and mouse preterm parturition; tocolytics

Indexed keywords

AS 604872; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MIFEPRISTONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RITODRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RODENT; TOCOLYSIS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 34347215446     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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