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Table 1.

Quality assessment rubric.

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Fig 1.

PRISMA diagram.

Abbreviations: PG = prostaglandin, IOL = induction of labour.

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Fig 2.

Prostaglandin metabolism pathway.

n denotes the number of studies that measured the prostaglandin/metabolite. Abbreviations: AF = amniotic fluid, PL = plasma, UR = urine, SE = serum, COX 1/2 = cyclooxygenase 1/2, PGFM = 13,14-dihydro-15-keto-PGF2α, PGEM = 13,14-dihydro-15-keto-PGE2, bicyclo-PGEM = 11-deoxy-13,14-dihydro-15-keto-11,16-bicyclo PGE2, t-PGFM = 5α,7α-dihydroxy-11-keto tetranor-prostane-1,16-dioic acid.

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Table 2.

Main characteristics of studies.

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Table 3.

Range of prostaglandin concentrations reported using different measurement techniques.

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