Cortisol blockade of progesterone: A possible molecular mechanism involved in the initiation of human labor

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 556-560

  Karalis, Katia ^a   Goodwin, Gregory ^a   Majzoub, Joseph A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABOR INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LABOR ONSET; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0029892278     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0596-556     Document Type: Article

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