Pregnant women become insensitive to cold stress

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is known to be altered during pregnancy, but it has not been tested with a natural stressor.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A group of pregnant women (n = 1...

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Main Authors: Glover Vivette, Castelberg Brida von, Kammerer Martin, Adams Diana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2002-11-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/2/8