A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of relaxin for cervical ripening in post-delivery date pregnancies

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1160, Issue , 2009, Pages 385-386

  Weiss, Gerson ^a   Teichman, Sam ^b   Stewart, Dennis ^b   Nader, David ^b   Wood, Susan ^b   Unemori, Elaine ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Corthera Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cervical ripening; Creatinine; Relaxin

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT RELAXIN;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABOR INDUCTION; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

EID: 64549133824     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03794.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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