Plasma levels of β-endorphin during pregnancy and use of labor analgesia

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 742-747

  Dabo, Fatimah ^a   Nyberg, Fred ^a   Zhou, Qin ^a   Sundström Poromaa, Inger ^a   Åkerud, Helena ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

endorphin; Analgesia; labor; pain; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS;

EID: 77954324827     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719110370059     Document Type: Article

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