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Seventeen newborns suffering from RDS (verified by X-ray and clinical parameters) had a mean plasma progesterone of 13.9±1.2 ng/ml (mean±S.E.) at 24 h of age. This is only 62% of the normal level (22.6±1.5 ng/ml).
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Kero, P.O., Pulkkinen, M.O. Plasma progesterone in the respiratory distress syndrome. Eur J Pediatr 132, 7–10 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443198
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