Childbirth as a biological model for stress? Associations with endocrine and obstetric factors

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-185

  Bergant, Anton M ^a   Kirchler, Harald ^a   Heim, Kurt ^a   Daxenbichler, Günther ^a   Herold, Manfred ^a   Schröcksnadel, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Delivery; Hypothalmic pituitary adrenal axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LABOR; LABOR DURATION; MATERNAL PLASMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; STRESS;

EID: 0031968854     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000009952     Document Type: Article

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