The maternal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in the third trimester of human pregnancy

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 419-428

  Magiakou, Maria Alexandra ^a,c   Mastorakos, George ^a,c   Rabin, Douglas ^a   Margioris, Andrew N ^a,d   Dubbert, Bellinda ^a   Calogero, Aldo E ^a   Tsigos, Constantine ^a   Munson, Peter J ^b   Chrousos, George P ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE;

EID: 0029876652     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.683505.x     Document Type: Article

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