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Relaxin concentrations in exoembryonic fluids during the first trimester
M R Johnson1, E Jauniaux, D Jurkovic
1Department of Academic Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.
Human Reproduction (Oxford, England)
|August 1, 1994
Abstract:
In 15 women undergoing therapeutic termination of pregnancy (8-13 weeks), the median concentration of relaxin was 1000 ng/l in maternal serum, 122 ng/l in coelomic fluid and 9 ng/l in amniotic fluid. Its presence in coelomic fluid suggests that relaxin may be present in the fetal circulation and thus be able to influence embryonic development during the period of organogenesis.