Endocrine Regulation of Feto-Placental Growth

Hormone Research

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 257-265

  Fowden, Abigail L ^a   Forhead, Alison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feto placental growth; Fetus; Glucocorticoids; Insulin; Insulin like growth factors; Intrauterine growth, programming; Placenta

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE GROWTH;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HORMONES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 70350347599     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000245927     Document Type: Short Survey

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