Maternal to fetal thyroxine transmission in the human term placenta is limited by inner ring deiodination

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2247-2249

  Mortimer, R H ^a,b   Gallican, J P ^a   Cannell, G R ^a   Addison, R S ^a   Roberts, M S ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,3',5' TRIIODOTHYRONINE; IOPANOIC ACID; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEIODINATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IOPANOIC ACID; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; THYROXINE;

EID: 0029901647     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.6.2247     Document Type: Article

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