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Antenatal serum levels of relaxin in patients having preterm labour

  1. ROBIN J. BELL Clinical Consultant1,*,
  2. LAWRENCE W. EDDIE Senior Research officer1,
  3. ARLENE R. LESTER Senior Technical Officer2,
  4. E. CARL WOOD Professor2,
  5. PAUL D. JOHNSTON Scientist, Developmental Biology3,
  6. HUGH D. NIALL Director, Developmental Biology3

Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06816.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 95, Issue 12, pages 1264–1267, December 1988

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BELL, R. J., EDDIE, L. W., LESTER, A. R., WOOD, E. C., JOHNSTON, P. D. and NIALL, H. D. (1988), Antenatal serum levels of relaxin in patients having preterm labour. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 95: 1264–1267. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06816.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052

  2. 2

    Monash University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Victoria Medical Centre, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3000

  3. 3

    Genentech, Inc., 460 Point San Bruno Boulevard, South San Francisco, California, 94080, USA

* Dr R. Bell

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
  3. Received 21 December 1987, Accepted 20 January 1988

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Summary. This study is the first report of antenatal levels of relaxin measured by homologous radioimmunoassay in peripheral serum from patients who subsequently had a preterm delivery. Serial blood samples were collected antenatally from a group of subjects known to be at increased risk of preterm labour because of a past history of shortened pregnancy. Serum relaxin was measured using an homologous radioimmunoassay based on a synthetic bioactive analogoue of the native hormone. In women whose pregnancies ended preterm most measurements were within the range of values previously established in normal antenatal patients although some measurements early in pregnancy were above the normal range. These findings suggest that low serum levels of relaxin are not causatively related to the onset of labour before term.

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