Inhibition of isolated human myometrium contractility by minoxidil and reversal by glibenclamide

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-100

  Prabhakaran, S S ^a   Dhanasekar, K R ^a   Thomas, E ^a   Jose, R ^a   Peedicayil, J ^a   Samuel, P ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE; MINOXIDIL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS RELAXATION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; DOSE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLYBURIDE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINOXIDIL; MYOMETRIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UTERINE CONTRACTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954950761     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2010.32.2.1434163     Document Type: Article

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