Patterns of plasma corticotropin-releasing hormone, progesterone, estradiol, and estriol change and the onset of human labor

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2066-2074

  Smith, Roger ^a,b   Smith, Julia I ^a   Shen, Xiaobin ^c   Engel, Patricia J ^a   Bowman, Maria E ^a   McGrath, Shaun A ^a   Bisits, Andrew M ^b   McElduff, Patrick ^b   Giles, Warwick B ^e   Smith, David W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c The University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL PLASMA; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGNOSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 66749108166     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-2257     Document Type: Article

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