Role of growth factors in the developmental regulation of the human fetal adrenal cortex

Steroids

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-72

  Mesiano, Sam ^a   Jaffe, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenal; development; fetal; growth factor; human

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031023186     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(96)00161-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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