Functional maturation of the primate fetal adrenal in vivo. II. Ontogeny of corticosteroid synthesis is dependent upon specific zonal expression of 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/isomerase

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4953-4959

  Coulter, Catherine L ^a,c,d   Goldsmith, Paul C ^a   Mesiano, Sam ^a   Voytek, Cynthia C ^a   Martin, Mary C ^a   Mason, J Ian ^b   Jaffe, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Natl Hlth Med Res Cncl A   (Australia)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; METYRAPONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

EID: 0029806539     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.11.8895368     Document Type: Article

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