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PLASMA β‐MELANOCYTE‐STIMULATING HORMONE LEVELS IN PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Thody A. J.,
Plummer N. A.,
Burton J. L.,
Hytten F. E.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1974.tb00399.x
Subject(s) - melanocyte stimulating hormone , radioimmunoassay , pregnancy , endocrinology , medicine , third trimester , bioassay , hormone , gestation , biology , genetics
Summary Plasma β‐melanocyte‐stimulating hormone (β‐MSH) levels were measured by radioimmunoassay in 10 women during the last trimester of normal pregnancy and in 21 women 40 to 95 days after delivery. It is concluded that β‐MSH cannot account for the increased circulating melanocyte‐stimulating activity that has previously been found in pregnancy when bioassays were used.