Journal article
THE SECRETION AND DISPOSITION OF CORTISOL DURING PREGNANCY*
Abstract
The following findings were obtained which bear on the mechanisms concerned in the rise of plasma free 17-hydroxycorticoid (17-OHCS) levels during pregnancy: 1) Cortisol accounted for approximately 90 per cent of the plasma free 17-OHCS in pregnant women during the third trimester. 2) No cortisol (F), cortisone (E), tetrahydrocortisol (THF) or tetrahydrocortisone (THE) were detected in the urine of 2 adrenalectomized pregnant patients …
Authors
COHEN M; STIEFEL M; REDDY WJ; LAIDLAW JC
Journal
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol. 18, No. 10, pp. 1076–1092
Publisher
The Endocrine Society
Publication Date
October 1958
DOI
10.1210/jcem-18-10-1076
ISSN
0021-972X