Placental restriction alters adrenal medullary development in the midgestation sheep fetus

Pediatric Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 656-662

  Coulter, Catherine L ^a   McMillen, I Caroline ^b   Robinson, Jeffrey S ^b   Owens, Julie A ^b  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; ENKEPHALIN; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FETUS; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP;

EID: 0031772004     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199811000-00007     Document Type: Article

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