Steroid metabolome in plasma from the umbilical artery, umbilical vein, maternal cubital vein and in amniotic fluid in normal and preterm labor

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-5, 2010, Pages 594-610

  Hill, Martin ^a,c   Pařízek, Antonín ^b   Kancheva, Radmila ^a   Duskova Michaela M ^a   Velíková, Marta ^a   Kříž, Lubomír ^a   Klímková, Michaela ^b   Pašková, Andrea ^b   Žižka, Zdeněk ^b   Matucha, Petr ^a   Meloun, Milan ^c   Stárka, Luboslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

GC MS; Labor; Metabolome; Plasma; Steroids

Indexed keywords

3 OXO 4 ENE STEROID; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOME; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESSURE GRADIENT; STEROID METABOLISM; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; METABOLOME; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; STEROIDS; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 77955414146     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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