Tafoxiparin, a novel drug candidate for cervical ripening and labor augmentation: results from 2 randomized, placebo-controlled studies. Ekman-Ordeberg G, Hellgren-Wångdahl M, Annika Jeppson A. et al. AJOG 2023 In press

https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0002937822008183

Does low molecular weight heparin shorten term labor? Gunvor Ekman-Ordeberg et al. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica. 2010; 89: 147–150

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19832548

Low molecular weight heparin stimulates myometrial contractility and cervical remodeling in vitro. Gunvor Ekman-Ordeberg et al. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica. 2009; 88: 984-989.

Prolonged labour associated with lower expression of syndecan 3 and connexin 43 in human uterine tissue. Ann Hjelm Cluff, Birgitta Byström, Aurelija Klimaviciute, Camilla Dahlqvist, Gvido Cebers, Anders Malmström and Gunvor Ekman-Ordeberg. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2006, 4:24

https://rbej.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1477-7827-4-24

Insufficient remodelling of the uterine connective tissue in women with protracted labour. Granström L, Ekman G, Malmström A: 1991; Br J Obstetric Gynecol 98:1212

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1777452/

Ripening of the human uterine cervix related to changes in collagen glycosaminoglycans and collagenolytic activity. Uldbjerg N, Ekman G, Malmström A, Olsson K, Ulmsten U:  Am J Obstetric Gynecology 147:662-666, 1983

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6638110/

Human cervical ripening, an inflammatory process mediated by cytokines. Sennström MB, Ekman G, Westergren-Thorsson G. Mol Hum Reprod. 2000; 6(4): 375-381.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10729321/