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AT the present time, there is no effective means of blocking uterine contractions in order to prevent premature labour. A drug which would block uterine contractions may reduce the incidence of prematurity. Of all infant deaths occurring at the New York Hospital in 1961, 72.5 per cent were prematurely born.
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LANDESMAN, R., CAMPBELL, W. & WILSON, K. Uterine Relaxant Properties of Bradykinin in vitro. Nature 197, 1208–1209 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971208b0
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