The origin of fetal sterols in second-trimester amniotic fluid: Endogenous synthesis or maternal-fetal transport?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 202.e19-202.e25

  Baardman, Maria E ^a   Erwich, Jan Jaap H M ^a   Berger, Rolf M F ^b   Hofstra, Robert M W ^a   Kerstjens Frederikse, Wilhelmina S ^a   Lütjohann, Dieter ^c   Plösch, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cholesterol biosynthesis; embryology; maternal fetal cholesterol transport

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIHYDROLANOSTEROL; LANOSTEROL; LATHOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL;

AMNION FLUID LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STEROL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865762510     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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