somatomammotropin

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A peptide hormone biologically related to growth hormone but produced by the normal placenta and by certain neoplasms.

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chorionic chorionic gonadotropin HCS human chorionic somatomammotropin human placental lactogen			The growth hormone, prolactin, human chorionic and somatomammotropin are a group of homologous hormones with lactogenic activity and are growth-promoting. About Growth Hormones by Dave Text / Health care industry community The chorion of the placenta would be triggered to secrets human chorionic gonadtropin (hCG) and human chorionic somatomammotropin (hCS) aka (hPL) human placental lactogen, Inhibin and after three or four weeks it would begin secreting estrogens and after six weeks it would start secreting progesterone. Hypothesis Part II Could the Culprit Behind the Auto-Immune Disease ... by colleen darnell / Science and technology, general community Structurally, HGH is homologous to prolactin and chorionic somatomammotropin and it appears as if the three share some evolutionarily connection. Human Growth Hormone ? Playing An Anabolic Role in the Body by Steven Johnston / Food/cooking/nutrition community			somatic pain somatic recall somatic reproduction somatic sensory cortex somatic swallow somatic therapy somatic-cell gene therapy somatics somation somatist somatization somatization disorder somato- somatochrome somatocrinin somatodyspraxia somatoemotional release somatoform somatoform disorder somatoform disorders somatogenesis somatogenic somatognosis somatoliberin somatology somatomammotropin somatome somatomedin somatomedin C somatomedin-C test somatomegaly somatometry somatomotor somatopagus somatopathic somatopathy somatoplasm somatopleure somatopsychic somatopsychosis somatoschisis somatoscopy somatosensory somatosensory cortex somatosensory event related potentials somatosensory evoked potential somatosensory noise somatosensory system somatosexual somatosplanchnic somatostatin			somatoform disorder Somatoform disorders Somatoform disorders Somatoform disorders Somatoform disorders somatoform pain disorder somatoform pain disorder somatoform pain disorder somatoform pain disorder somatogamy somatogenesis somatogenetic somatogenetic somatogenic somatogenic somatognosis somatognosis somatoliberin somatologic somatologic somatologic somatological somatological somatological somatologist somatologist somatologist somatology somatology somatology somatomammotropin Somatome Somatome somatomedin somatomedin somatomedin Somatomedin C Somatomedin C Somatomedin C somatomedin-C test Somatomedins Somatomedins Somatomedins somatomegaly somatometry somatometry somatomotor somatopagus somatopathic somatopathy somatophyte somatoplasm somatoplasm somatoplastic somatoplastic somatopleural somatopleural somatopleural somatopleure somatopleure somatopleure

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