A corticotropin-releasing hormone type I receptor antagonist delays parturition in sheep

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3357-3360

  Chan, E Cheng ^a   Falconer, John ^a   Madsen, Gemma ^a   Rice, Kenner C ^c   Webster, Elizabeth L ^b   Chrousos, George P ^b   Smith, Roger ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SHEEP;

EID: 0344768045     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.7.6189     Document Type: Article

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