High isoprostane level in cardinal ligament-derived fibroblasts and urine sample of women with uterine prolapse

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1179-1183

  Choy, K W ^a   Liu, Y M ^a   Chu, C Y ^a   Wang, C C ^a   Lui, W T ^a   Lee, L L ^a   Pang, M W ^a   Rogers, M S ^a   Yip, S K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cardinal ligament; Isoprostane; Oxidative stress; Prolapse

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GELATINASE A; ISOPROSTANE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARDINAL LIGAMENT; CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE LEVEL; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; ISOPROSTANES; LIGAMENTS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 47349085022     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01806.x     Document Type: Article

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