The plastic fetal pituitary

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 749-750

  Tortoriello, Drew V ^a,b  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Russ Berrie Medical Sciences Pavilion   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

CHILDBIRTH; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 0036738386     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI0216700     Document Type: Note

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