Blood biochemistry and endocrinology in the human fetus between 11 and 17 weeks of gestation

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 38-44

  Jauniaux, Eric ^a   Pahal, Gurmit ^c   Gervy, Christine ^b   Gulbis, Beatrice ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

blood; chemistry; fetus; haematopoiesis; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA GLOBULIN; CHLORIDE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IRON; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN; UREA;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD COMPONENT; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS BLOOD; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL SAC; GLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MATERNAL SERUM; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037971297     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61899-8     Document Type: Article

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