Different maternal serum hCG levels in pregnant women with female and male fetuses: Does fetal hypophyseal - adrenal - gonadal axis play a role?

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 342-345

  Gol, Mert ^a   Altunyurt, Sabahattin ^a   Cimrin, Dilek ^a   Guclu, Serkan ^a   Bagci, Mustafa ^a   Demir, Namik ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fetal; Gender; hCG; Hormones; Maternal

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 3543040651     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2004.064     Document Type: Article

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