Fetal exposure to maternal cortisol

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9129, 1998, Pages 707-708

  Gitau, Rachel ^a   Cameron, Alan ^a   Fisk, Nicholas M ^a   Glover, Vivette ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; PLACENTA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032578312     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60824-0     Document Type: Article

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