Correlation of nocturnal increase in plasma oxytocin with a decrease in plasma estradiol/progesterone ratio in late pregnancy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1559-1563

  Fuchs, Anna Riitta ^a   Behrens, Oliver ^b   Liu, Hung Ching ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

cortisol; Diurnal variations; estradiol; oxytocin; pregnant women; progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROGESTERONE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026749569     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(92)91739-W     Document Type: Article

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