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Prostaglandin-induced changes in the pregnant human cervix

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Prostaglandins and Fertility Regulation

Part of the book series: Advances in Reproductive Health Care ((ARHE,volume 4))

Abstract

The ability of Prostaglandins (PGs) to induce labor in the human led in the late 1960s to highly efficient methods for induction of abortion in the first and second trimesters (Bydgeman et al., 1968; Karim et al., 1968). Since then, PGs have been used by various routes for induction of labor (review by Karim et al., 1979). In some cases the application of PGs resulted in favorable cervical scores without onset of labor (Haspels and Neth, 1973; Toppozada et al., 1973), which would suggest that cervical ripening may occur independent of prominent uterine contractions (Stys et al., 1978; Ulmsten, 1979).

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Alexandria, Egypt

    M. K. Toppozada

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Hospital, 10401, Stockholm 60, Sweden

    M. Bygdeman

  3. Department of Physiology, Reproductive Health Center, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley, Charleston, SC, 29455, USA

    E. S. E. Hafez

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Rath, W., Theobald, P., Kühnle, H., Kuhn, W. (1984). Prostaglandin-induced changes in the pregnant human cervix. In: Toppozada, M.K., Bygdeman, M., Hafez, E.S.E. (eds) Prostaglandins and Fertility Regulation. Advances in Reproductive Health Care, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5600-1_5

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