Development of the human adrenal glands;Le développement de la surrénale humaine

Annales d'Endocrinologie

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-332

  Folligan, K ^a,d   Bouvier, R ^b   Targe, F ^a   Morel, Y ^c   Trouillas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LOMÉ   (Togo)

Author keywords

Development; Human fetal adrenal

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; PRASTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SF1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; CELL MATURATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENDOCRINE GLAND; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; NEUROBLAST; NEUROECTODERM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

EID: 25844442288     PISSN: 00034266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4266(05)81789-5     Document Type: Review

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