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Uterine Contraction

Known as: Myometrial Contractions, Contractions, Uterine, Contraction, Myometrial 
A process in which force is generated within smooth muscle tissue, resulting in a change in muscle geometry. This process occurs in the uterus. Force… 
National Institutes of Health

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CardiotocographyIn BloodOxytocicsPremature Obstetric Labor

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Female Reproductive System Disorder

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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Effects of acute hypoxemia on force and surface EMG during sustained handgrip
Data on the consequences of acute hypoxemia on the strength of contraction are often contradictory. In healthy subjects, we… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Dose Ranging Study of the Oxytocin Antagonist Atosiban in the Treatment of Preterm Labor
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Criteria for the design of fetal heart rate analysis systems.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Emergence of behavioural states in fetuses of type-1-diabetic women.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Actomyosin structure in contracting muscle detected by rapid freezing
It is now widely accepted that the ATP-induced active sliding of adjacent thin and thick filaments mediated by myosin heads… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Involvement of lipoxygenase products in myometrial contractions.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Significance of meconium during labor.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Stimulation by oxytocin of prostaglandin f levels in uterine venous effluent in pregnant and puerperal sheep.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Aspirin and indomethacin: effect on instillation-abortion time of mid-trimester hypertonic saline induced abortion.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Second trimester abortion with single intra-amniotic injection of prostaglandins E2 or F2 alpha.
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