Myometrial oxytocin receptors levels in the pregnant rat are higher in distal than in proximal portions of the horn and correlate with disparate oxytocin responsive myometrial contractility in these segments.

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• Publication year

  1990

• Venue

  Endocrinology

• Publication date

  1990-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1210/ENDO-127-3-1136PMID 2167206
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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