- Title
- How does progesterone relax the uterus in pregnancy?
- Creator
- Zakar, Tamas; Mesiano, Sam
- Relation
- New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 364, Issue 10, p. 972-973
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcibr1100071
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- Most of us owe our existence to the calming influence of progesterone on our mother's uterine muscle (the myometrium). By the third trimester of pregnancy, the myometrium is akin to a sleeping giant. Once awakened, it becomes one of the strongest muscles in the human body to facilitate birth. How progesterone calms the myometrium for most of pregnancy is a major unanswered question in obstetrics.
- Subject
- progesterone; obstetrics; pregnancy; uterine contractions
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1059769
- Identifier
- uon:16696
- Identifier
- ISSN:0028-4793
- Rights
- From New England Journal of Medicine, Tamas Zakar, Sam Mesiano, How Does Progesterone Relax the Uterus in Pregnancy?, Volume 364, 972-973 Copyright © 2011 Massachusetts Medical Society. Reprinted with permission.
- Language
- eng
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