Maternal plasma and amniotic fluid cortisol and progesterone concentrations between women with and without term labor: A comparison

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 80-86

  Ohana, Eric ^a   Mazor, Moshe ^a,b   Chaim, Walter ^a   Levy, Joseph ^a   Sharoni, Yoav ^a   Leiberman, Joseph Reuben ^a   Glezerman, Marek ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid; cortisol; labor; progesterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030041417     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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