Placental Stress Factors and Maternal-Fetal Adaptive Response : The Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Family
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Endocrine
- Vol. 19 (1) , 91-102
Abstract
The placenta and its accessory membranes amnion and chorion undertake the role of intermediary barriers and active messengers in the maternal-fetal dialog. They synthesize, metabolize, and serve as...Keywords
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