Significant fall in progesterone and rise in oestradiol levels in human peripheral plasma before onset of labour

Turnbull AC, Patten PT, Flint AP, Keirse MJ, Jeremy JY, Anderson AB

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(74)92337-x

Significant fall in progesterone and rise in oestradiol levels in human peripheral plasma before onset of labour

A. D. Turnbull, A B Anderson, A P Flint, J Y Jeremy, M J Keirse, P T Patten

John Radcliffe Hospital ROR
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Lancet (London, England), 1(7848), 101-103

DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(74)92337-x PMID 4130306

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Pregnancy > Labor and Delivery > Hormonal Initiation of Labor Reproductive Endocrinology > Steroid Hormones > Progesterone Withdrawal Pregnancy > Hormonal Changes > Estradiol-Progesterone Ratio at Term

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PMID 4130306 4130306 DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(74)92337-x 10.1016/s0140-6736(74)92337-x

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Turnbull, A. C., Patten, P. T., Flint, A. P., Keirse, M. J. N. C., Jeremy, J. Y., & Anderson, A. B. (1974). Significant fall in progesterone and rise in oestradiol levels in human peripheral plasma before onset of labour. *Lancet (London, England)*, *1*(7848), 101-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(74)92337-x

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Adult, Animals, Blood Specimen Collection, Estradiol/blood, Female, Humans, Labor, Obstetric, Pregnancy, Progesterone/blood/pharmacology/physiology, Radioimmunoassay, Sheep/physiology, Time Factors, Uterus/drug Effects, Progesterone, Estradiol

Significant fall in progesterone and rise in oestradiol levels in human peripheral plasma before onset of labour

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