Title : Placental synthesis of oestriol in Down's syndrome pregnancies.

Pub. Date : 2000 Mar-Apr

PMID : 10736251






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1 16alpha-hydroxy dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (16alpha-OH-DHEAS) is formed in the fetal liver by hydroxylation of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) and transported to the placenta where it undergoes desulphation by steroid sulphatase (STS) and aromatization to oestriol. Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate steroid sulfatase Homo sapiens