Continuous intrafetal infusion of prostaglandin E2 prematurely activates the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and induces parturition in sheep

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2424-2431

  Young, I R ^a   Deayton, J M ^a   Hollingworth, S A ^a,b   Thorburn, G D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FEMALE; FETUS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029990638     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.6.8641195     Document Type: Article

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