Loss of circadian rhythms of fetal behaviour in a totally adrenalectomized pregnant woman

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 226-229

  Arduini, Domenico ^a   Rizzo, Giuseppe ^a   Parlati, Eugenio ^a   Dell’Acqua, Sergio ^a   Romanini, Carlo ^b   Mancuso, Salvatore ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Circadian variations; Fetal behavior

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FETUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0023204504     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000298865     Document Type: Article

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