Open AccessPitocin receptorsand efficiency of labor activity
Author(s) -
В. В. Абрамченко,
Alexey Gennadyevich Savitsky,
O. V. Kaplenko
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
žurnalʺ akušerstva i ženskihʺ boleznej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1684-0461
pISSN - 1683-9366
DOI - 10.17816/jowd87475
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , receptor , obstetrics , biology , genetics
Pitocin is the most widely used preparation for advance pregnancy interruption. In the review of the literature the modern data is given about a role of pitocin receptors in successful labor induction and amplification of labor activity. There is also given data on the regulation opportunity of pitocin receptors level with estrogens, prostaglandines and their significance in OB practice. This data needs to be taken into account for drugs development to advance the pregnancy interruption.