Neuroactive steroids, their precursors and polar conjugates during parturition and postpartum in maternal blood: 2. Time profiles of pregnanolone isomers

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-57

  Hill, M ^a   Bicikova M ^a   Parizek A ^b   Havlikova H ^a   Klak, J ^a   Fajt, T ^b   Meloun, M ^c   Cibula, D ^b   Cegan A ^c   Sulcova J ^a   Hampl, R ^a   Starka L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Maternal blood; Neuroactive steroids; Parturition; Postpartum; Pregnanolone isomers

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5BETA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ELTANOLONE; NEUROSTEROID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONJUGATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMER; MATERNAL BLOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECURSOR; PUERPERIUM; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STEROID BINDING; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TIME;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANOLONE; STEREOISOMERISM; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034861077     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(01)00073-5     Document Type: Article

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