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Pre-eclampsia - The "uterine reinnervation" view.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Nov 2014
Quinn M J
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Difficult vaginal deliveries, gynaecological surgery, and, persistent straining during defaecation injure uterine nerves. Cytokines released from injured, uterine nerves cause regeneration of new nerves with altered structures and functions. In structural terms, these new nerves proliferate in chaotic and dysfunctional patterns with abnormal, cross-sectional profiles. In functional terms they are particularly...
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