title: [The effect of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate on cervical maturation during pregnancy].
abstract: Steroid hormones would have an effect on the duration of pregnancy. Venous blood was drawn in 90 patients who were scheduled for provoked delivery for assay of serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (S-DHEA), oestrogen, progesterone and cortisol. Serum concentration of S-DHEA was significantly higher (p<0.005) in women with a favourable Bishop score (>6) compared with those with an unfavourable score. These findings suggest that a rise in S-DHEA level occurs before modifications in the cervix.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gynécologie et d'Obstétrique, Hôpital de la Sécurité Sociale de Tepecik, Izmir, Turquie.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Koyuncu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karanfil
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tuncay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000187:drug effects*; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000502:physiology; D019314:Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; D004967:Estrogens / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D007745:Labor Onset / Q000502:physiology*; D007751:Labor, Induced; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone; D011374:Progesterone; D019314:Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; D006854:Hydrocortisone