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  • Title: Maternal and fetal oxytocin levels at parturition in a paraplegic woman.
    Author: Dawood MY, Fuchs F.
    Journal: Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol; 1981 Jun; 12(1):1-6. PubMed ID: 7195837.
    Abstract:
    Maternal and fetal oxytocin levels were measured by radioimmunoassay in a paraplegic woman with a spinal cord lesion at T-4/T-5 who went into spontaneous labor at 39 wk of pregnancy and delivered vaginally a male infant weighing 3220 g. She showed signs of autonomic hyperreflexia during labor. Maternal plasma oxytocin was 3-12 pg/ml in 3 blood samples and undetectable in another 4 taken during the first stage, with a surge of 38 pg/ml at delivery of the fetus. Oxytocin levels were 73 pg/ml in umbilical venous plasma, and 14 pg/ml in amniotic fluid. The findings indicate that the fetus was an important source of oxytocin to the maternal uterus.
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