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Urocortin in Second Trimester Amniotic Fluid: Its Role as Predictor of Preterm Labor

Backgound. The existence of a “placental clock” which determines the duration of gestation has been previously proposed. It is related to placental CRH secretion and is active from an early phase in human pregnancy. Urocortin is a specific ligand for the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptor...

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Autores principales: Iavazzo, C., Tassis, K., Gourgiotis, D., Boutsikou, M., Baka, S., Hassiakos, D., Vogiatzi, C., Florentin-Arar, L., Malamitsi-Puchner, A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2773374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19893766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/947981