Changes in adrenocorticotropin and cortisol responsiveness after repeated partial umbilical cord occlusions in the late gestation ovine fetus

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 259-263

  Unno, Nobuya ^a   Giussani, Dino A ^a   Man A Hing, Winston K H ^a   Ding, Xiu Ying ^a   Collins, Jason H ^b   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0031014748     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.1.4880     Document Type: Article

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