Nitric oxide regulation of corticotropin-releasing hormone release from the human perfused placenta in vitro

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 763-769

  Roe, Catherine M ^a   Leitch, Ian M ^a,c   Boura, Alan L A ^a,c   Smith, Roger ^a,b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Endocrine Unit   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FEMALE; FETUS CIRCULATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGININE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PERFUSION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030047648     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.2.763     Document Type: Article

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