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Emerging Role of Relaxin in the Maternal Adaptations to Normal Pregnancy: Implications for Preeclampsia

Relaxin is an approximately 6-kilodalton peptide hormone secreted by the corpus luteum, and circulates in the maternal blood during pregnancy. Relaxin administration to awake, chronically instrumented, nonpregnant rats mimics the vasodilatory phenomena of pregnancy. Furthermore, immunoneutralization...

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Main Author: Conrad, Kirk P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3381791/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21266262
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.semnephrol.2010.10.003
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