Tissue and plasma somatomedin-C/insulin-like growth factor I concentrations in the human fetus during the first half of gestation

Pediatric Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 253-255

  D’Ercole, A Joseph ^a,b   Hill, David J ^a,b   Strain, Alastair J ^a,b   Underwood, Louis E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMAN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SOMATOMEDINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0022639704     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198603000-00011     Document Type: Article

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