title: [Correlations between urinary prostaglandins, placental hormones and prolactin in the first pregnancy trimester].
abstract: In the first weeks of pregnancy there is a significant increase of vasodilatator prostaglandins in maternal blood. This increase could be in a cause-effect relation with the increase of progesterone, BHCG and HPRL typical of the first phase of pregnancy. Blood samples of 12 normotensive women reveal that there is not a correlation between placental hormons, HPRL and the increase of prostaglandins, but these hormones seem to offer an important control on other more complex biochemical mechanisms that cause the increase of vasodilator prostaglandins.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ostetrico-Ginecologica, Università di Verona.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spiazzi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Minuz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fontanarosa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nigri
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zardini
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010926:Placental Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000652:urine*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents
chemical_list: D010926:Placental Hormones; D011453:Prostaglandins; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D011374:Progesterone; D011388:Prolactin
vernacular_title: Correlazioni tra prostaglandine urinarie, ormoni placentari e prolattina nel primo trimestre di gravidanza.