Expression of oxytocin receptor in human pregnant myometrium

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 780-785

  Kimura, Tadashi ^a   Takemura, Masahiko ^a   Nomura, Shintaro ^a   Nobunaga, Toshikatsu ^a   Kubota, Yasue ^a   Inoue, Tomoko ^a   Hashimoto, Kazumasa ^a   Kumazawa, Ichiro ^a   Ito, Yasuhiro ^a   Ohashi, Kazutomo ^a   Koyama, Masayasu ^a   Azuma, Chihiro ^a   Kitamura, Yukihiko ^a   Saji, Fumitaka ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 9044247071     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.2.8593830     Document Type: Article

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