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Leukotrienes in human umbilical plasma at birth
Author(s) -
PASETTO N.,
PICCIONE E.,
TICCONI C.,
PONTIERI G.,
LENTI L.,
ZICARI A.
Publication year - 1989
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.1471-0528.1989.tb01581.x
Subject(s) - caesarean section , human plasma , vaginal delivery , medicine , obstetrics , endocrinology , pregnancy , andrology , chemistry , biology , genetics , chromatography
Summary. The aim of this study was to see whether leukotrienes are present in human umbilical plasma at birth either before or after labour. Plasma concentrations of LTB 4 (6·02 ng/ml) and LTD 4 (6·11 ng/ml) were significantly higher ( P <0·01) after spontaneous vaginal delivery than during elective caesarean section before labour (LTB 4 = 1·96 ng/ml, LTD 4 = 0·18 ng/ml). A possible involvement of leukotrienes in the biochemical and metabolic events of human labour is sugges