Hypoxia induced activin secretion by the fetoplacental unit: Differential responses related to gestation

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1346-1352

  Loose, Jan M ^a   Miller, Suzanne L ^a   Supramaniam, Veena G ^a   Ward, Janelle W ^b   O'Connor, Anne E ^a   De Krester, David M ^a   Wallace, Euan M ^a   Jenkin, Graham ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; NITROGEN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LAMB; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SHEEP;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

EID: 10844285584     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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