Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Southampton General Hospital Southampton.
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THE EFFECT OF CERVICAL ENCERCLAGE ON PLASMA PROSTAGLANDIN CONCENTRATIONS DURING EARLY HUMAN PREGNANCY
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10677.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 86, Issue 1, pages 19–22, January 1979
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Bibby, J. G., Brunt, J., Mitchell, M. D., Anderson, A. B. M. and Turnbull, A. C. (1979), THE EFFECT OF CERVICAL ENCERCLAGE ON PLASMA PROSTAGLANDIN CONCENTRATIONS DURING EARLY HUMAN PREGNANCY. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 86: 19–22. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10677.x
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Summary
In women having either cervical encerclage under general anaesthesia or a vaginal examination in the early second trimester of pregnancy, peripheral plasma levels of 13,14-dihydro-l5-keto prostaglandin F (PGFM) were measured before and after each procedure. A significant rise in circulating levels of PGFM was found within minutes of completing cervical encerclage but not after vaginal examination or induction of general anaesthesia.