Björn Gustavii

Summary In order to elucidate the mechanism triggering the onset of spontaneous labour, decidual cells obtained at elective Caesarean section at term were studied histologically and cytochemically. Although some of the cells were well prese…

Phospholipase A2, an enzyme which may regulate the formation of polyunsaturated fatty acids utilized for prostaglandin synthesis, was found to have significant higher activity in decidual than in myometrial tissue. The major part of phospho…