Relationships Between Mechanical Properties and Extracellular Matrix Constituents of the Cervical Stroma During Pregnancy

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 300-307

  House, Michael ^a   Kaplan, David L ^b   Socrate, Simona ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cervix; extracellular matrix; mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; DECORIN; DERMATAN SULFATE; ELASTIN; FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARIN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYPROLINE; KERATAN SULFATE; PROTEOGLYCAN; THROMBOSPONDIN 2; WATER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FETUS GROWTH; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TONOMETRY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS GROWTH; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOMECHANICS; CERVIX UTERI; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 70349388953     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2009.06.002     Document Type: Review

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