Effects of ovine corticotropin-releasing hormone injection and desmopressin coadministration on galanin and adrenocorticotropin plasma levels in normal women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 607-610

  Ceresini, Graziano ^a   Freddi, Marilena ^a   Paccotti, Piero ^b   Valenti, Giorgio ^a   Merchenthaler, Istvan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DESMOPRESSIN; GALANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

OVIS;

EID: 0031014548     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.2.3779     Document Type: Article

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