Fetal signals and parturition

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 492-499

  Challis, John R G ^a,b,c   Bloomfield, Frank H ^a,b,d   Booking, Alan D ^a,b   Casciani, Valentina ^a   Chisaka, Hiroshi ^a   Connor, Kristin ^a   Dong, Xuesen ^a,b,f   Gluckman, Peter ^d   Harding, Jane E ^d   Johnstone, Jim ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Lye, Stephen ^a,b,f   Okamura, Kunihiro ^e   Premyslova, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; GELATINASE B; GLUCOCORTICOID; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

CHILDBIRTH; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSTAGLANDINS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SHEEP;

EID: 30344476964     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2005.00342.x     Document Type: Review

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