Amniotic fluid urocortin, CRF, oestriol, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and cortisol concentrations at mid-trimester: putative relationship with preterm delivery

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-173

  Torricelli, Michela ^a   Voltolini, Chiara ^a   Galleri, Letizia ^a   Biliotti, Giulia ^a   Giovannelli, Alessia ^a   De Bonis, Maria ^a   De Pascalis, Flavio ^a   Centini, Giovanni ^a   Petraglia, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Preterm delivery; Steroid hormones; Stress hormones

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; STEROID HORMONE; STRESS HORMONE; UROCORTIN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STRESS;

EID: 70349495830     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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