Author:
Bell Robin,Tregear Geoffrey,Eddie Lawrence,Healy David
Abstract
The aim of this article is to review our knowledge of the status of human relaxin in reproductive medicine.Relaxin has a particular interest for obstetricians and gynaecologists for its potential to ripen the uterine cervix in order to promote effective labour. Despite research activity over approximately sixty years in the relaxin field since the original observation of Hisaw, there is still a considerable gap in our understanding of the role of relaxin in reproductive medicine. As pointed out by Sherwood in a comprehensive review of the relaxin literature, the accumulation of knowledge concerning the hormone is in its infancy.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Obstetrics and Gynecology