How does progesterone relax the uterus in pregnancy?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 972-973

  Zakar, Tamas ^a,b   Mesiano, Sam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; MICRORNA; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; UPREGULATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS RELAXATION;

EID: 79952382535     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr1100071     Document Type: Short Survey

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