
Hormones and the Fetus
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Authors: J. R. Pasqualini, F. A. Kincl, C. Sumida
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 8 6 6 8 - 6
Volume One of Hormones and the Fetus contained a generalization of the role of hormones during fetal life. In this second volume, the main topics focus on hormonal binding to fet… Read more
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Volume One of Hormones and the Fetus contained a generalization of the role of hormones during fetal life. In this second volume, the main topics focus on hormonal binding to fetal and maternal plasma proteins, amniotic fluid and placenta; the presence of hormone receptors in the fetal compartment; and the mechanism of action of various hormones in different target tissues of the fetus and placenta. This up-to-date information is of major importance in the study of hormonal activity in fetal life, and the biological effect of hormones through the receptor. The mechanism of fetal sexual differentiation, in which hormones play an important role, is extensively covered.
For endocrinologists, gynaecologists, embryologists, molecular biologists, general clinicians, biochemists, biologists and pharmaceutical firms working in the preparation of synthetic hormones and drugs.
Preface. The binding of hormones in maternal and fetal biological fluids. Receptors, mechanism of action and biological responses of hormones in the fetal, placental and maternal compartments. Sex differentiation and fetal endocrinology. Index.
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
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J. R. Pasqualini
Affiliations and expertise
CNRS Steroid Hormone Research Unit, Foundation for Hormone Research, 26 Boulevard Brune, 75014 Paris, FranceFK
F. A. Kincl
Affiliations and expertise
The City University of New York, Staten Island, New York, USACS
C. Sumida
Affiliations and expertise
CNRS Steroid Hormone Research Unit, Foundation for Hormone Research, 26 Boulevard Brune, 75014 Paris, FranceRead Hormones and the Fetus on ScienceDirect