A role for epidermal growth factor in the morphological and functional maturation of the adrenal gland in the fetal rhesus monkey in vivo

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1254-1260

  Coulter, Catherine L ^b   Read, Leanna C ^c   Carr, Bruce R ^c   Tarantal, Alice F ^c   Barry, Sean ^c   Styne, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; BETAMETHASONE; CYTOCHROME P450; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH STIMULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BETAMETHASONE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA MULATTA; PITUITARY GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029863768     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.3.1254     Document Type: Article

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