Responses of the fetal pituitary-adrenal axis to acute and chronic hypoglycemia during late gestation in the sheep

Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1778-1785

  Edwards, L J ^a   Symonds, M E ^b   Warnes, K E ^a   Owens, J A ^a   Butler, T G ^a   Jurisevic, A ^a   McMillen, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0035051854     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.142.5.8143     Document Type: Article

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