Changes in platelet alpha 2-adrenoceptor binding post partum: possible relation to maternity blues.
Platelet alpha 2-adrenoceptor binding characteristics were investigated in 28 healthy women during the peripartum period. The number of platelet alpha 2-adrenoceptors fell after childbirth, corresponding to a fall in the circulating levels of oestrogen and progesterone. Two-thirds of the women had a...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1983
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