What is the embryo-produced hormone that maintains progesterone and estrogen sec

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go.lag

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on: Sep 28, 2013

What is the embryo-produced hormone that maintains progesterone and estrogen secretion by the corpus luteum through the first trimester of pregnancy?
A) luteinizing hormone (LH)
B) follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
C) progesterone
D) human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)
E) gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)

coco

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Reply #1 on: Sep 29, 2013

From what I've read, it's D

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