Relationships between sex hormones assessed in amniotic fluid, and maternal and umbilical cord serum: What is the best source of information to investigate the effects of fetal hormonal exposure?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 663-669

  Van De Beek, Cornelieke ^a,e   Thijssen, Jos H H ^a   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^b   Van Goozen, Stephanie H M ^c   Buitelaar, Jan K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Androgens; Fetal development; Pregnancy; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORD SERUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SAMPLE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 8844251406     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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