Maternal plasma calcitonin gene-related peptide levels do not change during labor and are not influenced by delivery route

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 165-168

  Florio, P ^a   Margutti, A ^b   Apa, R ^c   Miceli, F ^c   Pezzani, I ^a   Degli Uberti, E C ^b,c   Petraglia, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Sacro Cuore University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CGRP; Delivery; Labor; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; MATERNAL BLOOD; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ADULT; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0035019717     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(01)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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