PROGESTERONE FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF SPONTANEOUS PRETERM BIRTH
First Claim
1. A method for treating or preventing the onset of preterm labor and subsequent preterm birth in a pregnant woman with a short cervix comprising administering an effective amount of progesterone sufficient to prolong gestation by minimizing the shortening or effacing of the cervix.
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Abstract
A method for treating or preventing spontaneous preterm birth in pregnant women and improving neonatal morbidity and mortality. The method includes administering to a pregnant woman in need thereof an effective amount of progesterone sufficient to prolong gestation by minimizing the shortening or effacing of her cervix. Treatment and prophylaxis with progesterone in pregnant women having symptoms of short cervix has been clinically shown to increase neonatal health.
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45 Claims
- 1. A method for treating or preventing the onset of preterm labor and subsequent preterm birth in a pregnant woman with a short cervix comprising administering an effective amount of progesterone sufficient to prolong gestation by minimizing the shortening or effacing of the cervix.
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29. A method of improving neonatal morbidity and mortality in a preterm neonate comprising:
administering to a pregnant woman symptomatic of a shortened or an effaced cervix in need thereof an effective amount of progesterone sufficient to maintain and/or delay a further shortening of cervical length or sufficient to prolong gestation. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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