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Twenty-four hours hormone secretion profiles of cortisol and estradiol in preterm labour
J Taleb1, B Krause, G Göretzlehner
1Univ.-Frauenklinik, Greifswald, Germany.
Hormone and Metabolic Research = Hormon- Und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones Et Metabolisme
|August 1, 1993
Abstract:
We investigated the 24 hour hormone secretion profiles in women with preterm labour. Although estradiol secretion seems to be unaffected, we found an variable estradiol-cortisol-shift due to a cortisol increase. Cortisol circadian secretion persists in preterm labour, but maximum secretion is moved to midday. Further investigations are necessary to study the basic mechanisms underlying this process.