Progesterone and 20α-hydroxypregn-4-en-3-one (20α-OHP) in the pregnant baboon: Selective placental secretion of 20α-OHP into the fetal compartment

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 854-859

  Waddell, Brendan J ^a   Pepe, Gerald J ^b   Albrecht, Eugene D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO HAMADRYAS;

EID: 0029787664     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.4.854     Document Type: Article

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