title: Cervical ripening. A rat model for investigation of contractile and passive biomechanical properties, with focus on antigestagens, eosinophil granulocytes and mast cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Y, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: U B
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Knudsen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D011372:Progestins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D011372:Progestins