Prostaglandin regulation of fetal plasma adrenocorticotropin and cortisol concentrations in late-gestation sheep

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 514-519

  Unno, Nobuya ^a,c   Wu, Wen Xuan ^a   Wong, Chi H ^a   Bennett, Phillip R ^b   Shinozuka, Norio ^a,c   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NIMESULIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; FETUS; HYDROCORTISONE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROSTAGLANDIN ANTAGONISTS; PROSTAGLANDINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP; SULFONAMIDES;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 2642630718     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.2.514     Document Type: Article

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