Has the mechanism by which the endocrine placenta scavenges the mother whilst sparing the foetus been unmasked?

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-347

  Lowry, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HORMONE PRECURSOR; NEUROKININ B; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS GROWTH; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE B; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NEUROKININ B; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL HORMONES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0346098036     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.0.0310341     Document Type: Review

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