Fetal Programming: Prenatal Testosterone Excess Leads to Fetal Growth Retardation and Postnatal Catch-Up Growth in Sheep

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 790-798

  Manikkam, Mohan ^a,b   Crespi, Erica J ^b   Doop, Douglas D ^b   Herkimer, Carol ^a,b   Lee, James S ^a,b   Yu, Sunkyung ^b   Brown, Morton B ^b   Foster, Douglas L ^a,b   Padmanabhan, Vasantha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON SEED OIL; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; THORAX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 1; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 2; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0842334585     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-0478     Document Type: Article

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