[Placental hormones and fetal growth].
Fetal growth is controlled by the placenta which mediates fetal nutritional supplies. During pregnancy, the placenta secretes a specific placental growth hormone which replaces the pituitary growth hormone in the maternal circulation. Placental growth hormone is one example of the materno-placental cooperation which is impaired in cases of intra-uterine growth retardation.
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Service d'hormonologie, hôpital Robert-Debré, unité Inserm U427, faculté de pharmacie, 4, avenue de l'Observatoire, Paris, France.
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D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010920:Placenta / Q000502:physiology*; D010926:Placental Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy
C064980:GH2 protein, human; D010926:Placental Hormones; D013006:Growth Hormone