The effects of estrogen and progesterone on blood glutamate levels during normal pregnancy in women

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 912-916

  Tsesis, Svetlana ^a   Gruenbaum, Benjamin Fredrick ^b   Ohayon, Sharon ^a   Boyko, Matthew ^a   Gruenbaum, Shaun Even ^b   Shapira, Yoram ^a   Weintraub, Adi ^a,c   Zlotnik, Alexander ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Glutamate; Neuroprotection; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ESTROGEN; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROGESTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883565450     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2013.813467     Document Type: Article

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