The role of growth hormone in fetal development

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 137-146

  Waters, M J ^a   Kaye, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Fetal development; Growth hormone; Knockout; Ovulation; Preimplantation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; HEMATOPOIESIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPOGENESIS; LITTER SIZE; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036592172     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-6374(02)00018-7     Document Type: Review

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