Central integrative role of oestrogen in modulating the communication between the placenta and fetus that results in primate fetal-placental development

Placenta

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 129-139

  Albrecht, Eugene D ^a   Pepe, Gerald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTISONE; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0033104880     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.1998.0359     Document Type: Article

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