Plasma Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Concentrations During Pregnancy and Parturition

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 1054-1059

  Campbell, E A ^a   Linton, E A ^b   Wolfe, C D A ^a   Scraggs, P R ^a   Jones, M T ^a   Lowry, P J ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; RADIOISOTOPE;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0023236737     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-64-5-1054     Document Type: Article

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