Corticoid concentrations are increased in the plasma and urine of ewes with naturally occurring scrapie

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2422-2425

  Schelcher, F ^a   Picard Hagen, N ^a   Laroute, V ^a   Gayrard, V ^a   Potot, M A ^b   Andreoletti, O ^a   Toutain, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Lab de la Federation Natl des C   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; HYDRALLOSTANE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 0033336233     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.5.6896     Document Type: Article

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