Progesterone levels in cesarean and normal delivered term placentas |
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| Authors: | Valeria Feinshtein Zvi Ben-Zvi Eyal Sheiner Alaa Amash Boaz Sheizaf Gershon Holcberg |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel;(2) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, P.O. Box 151, 84101 Beer-Sheva, Israel;(3) The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel |
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Background One of the most important hormones synthesized by the placenta during pregnancy is progesterone. The regulating mechanisms of progesterone synthesis and the mechanism responsible for the spontaneous onset of labor in women are still not fully understood. Progesterone is thought to have been involved in human parturition. The objective of this study was to compare the levels of progesterone in the human placentas, at the end of the gestation (37–41 weeks) in vaginal versus cesarean deliveries, and to evaluate the pattern of progesterone accumulation, instantly following its synthesis by the human placenta at the end of the pregnancy. |
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