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Novel oxytocin receptor variants in laboring women requiring high doses of oxytocin.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Aug 2017
Reinl Erin L, Goodwin Zane A, Raghuraman Nandini, Lee Grace Y, Jo Erin Y, Gezahegn Beakal M, Pillai Meghan K, Cahill Alison G, de Guzman Strong Cristina, England Sarah K
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BACKGROUND: Although oxytocin commonly is used to augment or induce labor, it is difficult to predict its effectiveness because oxytocin dose requirements vary significantly among women. One possibility is that women requiring high or low doses of oxytocin have variations in the oxytocin receptor...
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