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	INTRODUCTION
	IMPLANTATION PHASE
	PROLONGATION OF CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION
	DECIDUA AND DECIDUAL HORMONES
	Decidual Prolactin
	Decidual Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-1 (IGFBP-1)
	Decidual Pregnancy Protein-14 (PP14)
	PLACENTAL COMPARTMENT
	Placental Maturation
	Placental Steroid Hormones
	Placental Peptide Hormones: Hypothalamic- like Hormones
	Placental Peptide Hormones: Pituitary-like Hormones
	Placental Peptide Hormones: Growth Factors
	Placental Peptide Hormones: Other placental peptides
	FETAL COMPARTMENT
	Fetal Hypothalamus and Pituitary
	Fetal Thyroid Gland
	Fetal Gonads
	Fetal Adrenal Glands
	Fetal Parathyroid Glands and Calcium Homeostasis
	Fetal Endocrine Pancreas
	Fetal Alpha- fetoprotein
	MATERNAL COMPARTMENT
	Maternal Hypothalamus and Pituitary
	Maternal Thyroid Gland
	Maternal Adrenal Glands
	Maternal Endocrine Pancreas
	REGULATION OF FETO-MATERNAL STEROIDO GENESIS
	Regulation by Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL)
	Regulation by Fetal Pituitary Hormones
	Regulation by Intra-placental Mechanisms
	Regulation by Intra-adrenal Mechanisms
	PARTURITION