New approaches to hormonal acceleration of fetal lung maturation

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 447-452

  Schellenberg, Jean Claude ^a   Liggins, Graham C ^a  

^a NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fetal organ maturity; follow up studies; glucocorticoids; lung; prolactin; respiratory distress syndrome prevention; sheep; thyrotropin releasing hormone; triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN;

FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMAL; EMBRYO AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HORMONES; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SHEEP; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0023546889     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpme.1987.15.5.447     Document Type: Article

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