Glucocorticoid Regulation of Human and Ovine Parturition: The Relationship Between Fetal Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activation and Intrauterine Prostaglandin Production
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- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 64 (4) , 1019-1032
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod64.4.1019
Abstract
Birth in many animal species and in humans is associated with activation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function in the fetus and the increased inKeywords
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