The pregnant uterus as a psycho-endocrine organ.

Gynecol Endocrinol

Mother-Infant Department, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.

Published: March 2012

The pathogenesis of preterm birth (PTB) is largely unknown and the endocrine stress pathway is likely to participate in the mechanisms allowing onset of labor. However, the vast majority of the studies evaluating psychosocial distress denied an association with PTB. Uterine contractility rather than PTB seems associated with distress in pregnancy.

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