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M Shams
Researcher at University of Birmingham
Publications - 1
Citations - 268
M Shams is an academic researcher from University of Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fetus & Placenta. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 258 citations.
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11Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 in human pregnancy and reduced expression in intrauterine growth restriction.
M Shams,Mark D. Kilby,D A Somerset,Alexander J. Howie,A Gupta,Peter J. Wood,M Afnan,Paul M. Stewart +7 more
TL;DR: The finding of attenuated placental 11beta-HSD2 activity in IUGR suggests that glucocorticoids may, in part, contribute to impaired fetal growth and that this is closely controlled in normal gestation through placental 12beta- HSD2 expression.