Cortisol production in fetal adrenals of the silver fox

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 903-912

  Osadchuk, L V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Adrenals; Cortisol; Embryogenesis; Silver fox

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INDUCTION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FOX; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0031413253     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00045-9     Document Type: Article

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