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The Endocrine System

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Fetal and Neonatal Pathology

Abstract

To understand the pathological lesions found in disorders of the endocrine system of the fetus and neonate it is necessary to have a knowledge of the inter-relationships which exist within the developing endocrine system and its target tissues. Although the feedback and regulatory mechanisms are similar to those of the adult, the fetal endocrine system has also to incorporate an additional endocrine organ in the placenta, the steroidogenic zone in the adrenal cortex (fetal zone), and a contribution from the central nervous system, which in the fetus is probably capable of both the production of certain tropic hormones and of being a target organ for certain steroid hormones produced by the gonads, adrenal and placenta.

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  1. John Radcliffe Maternity Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK

    Jean W. Keeling MB, BS, FRCPath (Consultant Paediatric Pathologist) (Consultant Paediatric Pathologist)

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Gray, E.S. (1987). The Endocrine System. In: Keeling, J.W. (eds) Fetal and Neonatal Pathology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3523-4_21

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