Eicosanoids as diagnostics for preterm labor

Reproductive Biology Insights

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  McKirdy, Natalie C ^a   Rice, Gregory E ^a   Mitchell, Murray D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eicosanoid; Endocannabinoid; Preterm labor; Prostaglandin; Prostamide

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; FLUTAMIDE; ICOSANOID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANTIGENICITY; CROSS REACTION; EXPLANT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS MEMBRANE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LABOR ONSET; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 84885083656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/RBI.S11602     Document Type: Review

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