Sheep Model for Study of Maternal Adrenal Gland Function during Pregnancy

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 507-512

  Keller Wood, Maureen ^a,b   Cudd, Timothy A ^a,c   Norman, Wendy ^a   Caldwell, Sara M ^a   Wood, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENALECTOMY; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENALECTOMY; ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SHEEP; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 0031771527     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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