High progesterone is related to effective human labor. Study of serum progesterone and 5α-pregnane-3,20-dione in normal and abnormal deliveries

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 423-430

  Löfgren, Mats ^a,b   Bäckström, Torbjörn ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5 pregnane 3,20 dione; Dystocia; Labor; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CESAREAN SECTION; CORD SERUM; DELIVERY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; GESTAGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL BLOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 0030926417     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349709047823     Document Type: Article

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