Emergency caesarean placenta response - EurekAlert

Labour and natural childbirth causes stress on a mother’s body but an emergency Caesarean is associated with even more inflammatory gene expression in the placenta, new South Australian research shows. The study, led by Flinders University, investigated dif…

image: Dr Anya Arthurs and Professor Claire Roberts from Flinders Universitys Pregnancy Health and Beyond (PHaB) Laboratory, Australia.view more  Credit: Flinders University Labour and natural chil… [+3276 chars]

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