Maturation of cortisol responses to adrenocorticotropic hormone in twin fetal sheep in vivo

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 498-502

  Block Jr , William A ^a,b   Draper, Michael L ^a   Rose, James C ^a   Schwartz, Jeffrey ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Fetal development; Ovine; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SHEEP; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032879841     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70584-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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