Hyaluronidase modifies the biomechanical properties of the rat cervix and shortens the duration of labor independent of myometrial contractility

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 596.e1-596.e5

  Byers, Benjamin D ^a   Bytautiene, Egle ^a   Costantine, Maged M ^a   Buhimschi, Catalin S ^b   Buhimschi, Irina ^b   Saade, George R ^a   Goharkhay, Nima ^a,c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pediatrix Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Hyaluronidase; Labor; Myometrium

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIDASE; MIFEPRISTONE; OXYTOCIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; INTRACERVICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; VISCOELASTICITY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 79952115478     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.07.031     Document Type: Article

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