The role of urocortin in gynecological and obstetrical conditions

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 279, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 613-619

  Iavazzo, C ^a,b   Baka, S ^a   Malamitsi Puchner, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

CRF; Labor; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Receptor; Steroidogenesis; Tumorogenesis; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

UROCORTIN;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; HUMAN; LABOR; MEDLINE; MYOMETRIUM; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLASMA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE LABOR; REPRODUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; UROCORTINS;

EID: 63349086903     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0782-5     Document Type: Article

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