Proliferation and apoptosis in the human adrenal cortex during the fetal and perinatal periods: Implications for growth and remodeling

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1110-1115

  Spencer, Susan J ^a   Mesiano, Sam ^a,b   Lee, Janet Y ^a   Jaffe, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FOLLISTATIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MITOSIS INDEX; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0033031741     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.84.3.1110     Document Type: Article

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