Oxytocin in pregnancy and the postpartum: relations to labor and its management

• Egile Nagusiak: Marie ePrevost (Egilea), Phyllis eZelkowitz (Egilea), Togas eTulandi (Egilea), Barbara eHayton (Egilea), Nancy eFeeley (Egilea), C. Sue eCarter (Egilea), Lawrence eJoseph (Egilea), Hossein ePournajafi-Nazarloo (Egilea), Erin eYong Ping (Egilea), Haim eAbenhaim (Egilea), Ian eGold (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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The purpose of this study was to examine variations in endogenous oxytocin levels in pregnancy and postpartum state. We also explored the associations between delivery variables and oxytocin levels. A final sample of 272 mothers in their first trimester of pregnancy were included for the study. Bloo...