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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Hoofdauteurs: Metz, A, Stump, K, Cowen, P, Elliott, J, Gelder, MG, Grahame-Smith, D
Formaat: Journal article
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: 1983