Trefoil factor peptide 3 is positively correlated with the viscoelastic properties of the cervical mucus plug

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 47-52

  Bastholm, Sara K ^a   Samson, Mie H ^a   Becher, Naja ^a   Hansen, Lea K ^a   Stubbe, Peter R ^b   Chronakis, Ioannis S ^b   Nexo, Ebba ^a   Uldbjerg, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus plug; pregnancy; rheology; trefoil factor peptides 1 3; viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 2; TREFOIL FACTOR PEPTIDE 1; TREFOIL FACTOR PEPTIDE 2; TREFOIL FACTOR PEPTIDE 3; TREFOIL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TREFOIL FACTOR 3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; UTERUS CAVITY; VAGINITIS; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS; CHEMISTRY; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CERVIX MUCUS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; TREFOIL FACTOR-3; VISCOSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85005765096     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.13038     Document Type: Article

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