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Steroid Hormones

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Placental Function Tests

Abstract

The steroids are a class of compounds ranging from cholesterol, which has 27 carbon atoms, to testosterone, which has 19. Their common feature is the cyclophenanthrene nucleus: a structure of four conjoined carbon rings, three of which are six membered and one of which is five membered. We shall be concerned with only two sorts of steroid: oestrogens and progestogens.

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  1. St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College, London, UK

    Tim Chard MD, FRCOG (Professor of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Physiology)

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK

    Arnold Klopper MD, FRCOG (Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology)

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Chard, T., Klopper, A. (1982). Steroid Hormones. In: Placental Function Tests. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3508-1_5

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