β‐LIPOTROPHIN AND β‐ENDORPHIN PLASMA LEVELS DURING PREGNANCY

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1981, Pages 409-418

  GENAZZANI, A R ^a   FACCHINETTI, F ^a   PARRINI, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOTROPIN; RADIOISOTOPE;

AMNION FLUID; BETA ENDORPHIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; BETA-ENDORPHIN; ENDORPHINS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LIPOTROPIN; MALE; PREGNANCY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0019469411     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1981.tb00628.x     Document Type: Article

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