Maternal corticotropin-releasing hormone is increased with impending preterm birth

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1585-1591

  Korebrits, C ^a,b   Ramirez, M M ^a   Watson, L ^a   Brinkman, E ^a   Bocking, A D ^a,c   Challis, J R G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL PLASMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031782716     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.83.5.4804     Document Type: Article

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