Measurement of Androgen and Estrogen Concentrations in Cord Blood: Accuracy, Biological Interpretation and Applications to Understanding Human Behavioural Development
Accurately measuring hormone exposure during prenatal life presents a methodological challenge and there is currently no ‘gold standard’ approach. Ideally, circulating fetal hormone levels would be measured at repeated time points during pregnancy. However, it is not currently possible to obtain fet...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2014.00064/full |