Chronic alterations in ovine maternal corticosteroid levels influence uterine blood flow and placental and fetal growth

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 288, Issue 1 57-1, 2005, Pages

  Jensen, Ellen ^b   Wood, Charles E ^b   Keller Wood, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fetus; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTATES; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

EID: 11144281804     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00149.2004     Document Type: Article

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