Hair dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) concentrations in newborn dogs
During the last intrauterine fetal stage of development and the neonatal period the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) is a key system. Apart of cortisol, the adrenals produce dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), the major steroid produced by the fetus itself, so that it could be considered as a ma...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Milano
2015-07-01
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Series: | International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety |
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Online Access: | http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/haf/article/view/4978 |