Maternal plasma corticotrophin-releasing factor and urocortin levels in post-term pregnancies

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 281-285

  Torricelli, Michela ^b   Ignacchiti, Erika ^b   Giovannelli, Alessia ^b   Merola, Angelica ^b   Scarpetti, Elisa ^b   Calonaci, Giulia ^b   Picciolini, Enrico ^b   Florio, Pasquale ^b   Reis, Fernando M ^b   Linton, Elizabeth A ^a   Petraglia, Felice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; UROCORTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR ONSET; MATERNAL PLASMA; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED;

EID: 33644598158     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02091     Document Type: Article

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