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SUBMITTER: Haas DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6516817 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haas David M DM Hathaway Taylor J TJ Ramsey Patrick S PS
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20181008
<h4>Background</h4>Progesterone, a female sex hormone, is known to induce secretory changes in the lining of the uterus essential for successful implantation of a fertilized egg. It has been suggested that a causative factor in many cases of miscarriage may be inadequate secretion of progesterone. Therefore, clinicians use progestogens (drugs that interact with the progesterone receptors), beginning in the first trimester of pregnancy, in an attempt to prevent spontaneous miscarriage. This is an ...[more]