Dr. Scott Christopher Purinton M.D., PH.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Gynecologic Oncology
4700 Waters Ave Savannah GA, 31404About
Dr. Scott Purinton is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Savannah, GA. Dr. Purinton specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Purinton can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Purinton can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ontogeny of estrogen sulfatase activity in ovine fetal hypothalamus, hippocampus, and brain stem.
- Ovine fetal estrogen sulfotransferase in brain regions important for hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis control.
- Oestrogen augments the fetal ovine hypothalamus- pituitary-adrenal axis in response to hypotension.
- Thromboxane A2 acts at a site perfused by the carotid vasculature to mediate cardiovascular and adrenocortical responses.
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