Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 39-46 , January 2007

Metabolism of Synthetic Steroids by the Human Placenta

  • V.E. Murphy

      Affiliations

    • Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
    • Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Hospital, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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  • R.J. Fittock

      Affiliations

    • Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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  • P.K. Zarzycki

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Environmental Biology, Technical University of Koszalin, Koszalin, Poland
    • Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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  • M.M. Delahunty

      Affiliations

    • Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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  • R. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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  • V.L. Clifton

      Affiliations

    • Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Endocrine Unit, John Hunter Hospital, Locked Bag 1, Hunter Region Mail Centre, Newcastle, New South Wales 2310, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 4921 4380; fax: +61 2 4921 4394.

,Accepted 22 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2005.12.010

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 39-46 , January 2007

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