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The Androgen Metabolome of Preterm Infants Reflects Fetal Adrenal Gland Involution
22 Aug 2022
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CONTEXT: The human adrenal cortex changes with fetal-neonatal transition from the fetal to the adult organ, accompanied by changes in the steroid metabolome. OBJECTIVE: As it is unclear how the observed developmental changes differ between preterm and full-term neonates, we investigated whether the involution of the fetal adrenals is following a fixed time course related to postmenstrual age or whether it is...
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