Insulin-like factor 3 levels in second-trimester amniotic fluid

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4048-4051

  Bay, Katrine ^a   Cohen, Arieh S ^b   Jørgensen, Finn Stener ^c   Jørgensen, Connie ^a   Lind, Anne Marie ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a   Andersson, Anna Maria ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN 3; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 53749096476     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-0358     Document Type: Article

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