Conversion of maternal cortisol to cortisone during placental transfer to the human fetus

A CONTROLLED TRIAL OF ANTEPARTUM GLUCOCORTICOID TREATMENT FOR PREVENTION OF THE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME IN PREMATURE INFANTS

G. C. Liggins, R. Nicole Howie · PEDIATRICS · 1972 · 2.6K citations

Medicine, Maternal Health, Obstetrics +17

The Metabolic Clearance Rate, Blood Production, Interconversion and Transplacental Passage of Cortisol and Cortisone in Pregnancy Near Term

Inese Z. Beitins, Françis Bayard, Isadore G. Ances et al. · Pediatric Research · 1973 · 262 citations

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +17

‘Sephadex’ Column Chromatography as an Adjunct to Competitive Protein Binding Assays of Steroids

Beverley E. Pearson Murphy · Nature New Biology · 1971 · 148 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Pharmacology +14

PLACENTAL PASSAGE OF 17-HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROIDS: COMPARISON OF THE LEVELS IN MATERNAL AND FETAL PLASMA AND EFFECT OF ACTH AND HYDROCORTISONE ADMINISTRATION 1

Claude J. Migeon, Harry Prystowsky, Melvin M. Grumbach et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1956 · 128 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Obstetrics +12

Does the human fetal adrenal play a role in parturition?

Beverley E. Pearson Murphy · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 1973 · 113 citations

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +12