Placental CRH modulates maternal pituitary-adrenal function in human pregnancy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 814, Issue , 1997, Pages 276-281

  Wadhwa, Pathik D ^a,b   Sandman, Curt A ^a   Chicz DeMet, Aleksandra ^a   Porto, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CHILDBIRTH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; STRESS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030995492     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb46163.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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