A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of effects of dexamethasone on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in preterm infants

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 764-768

  Wilson, Darrell M ^a   Baldwin, Roger B ^a   Ariagno, Ronald L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

AGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG DYSPLASIA; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0023696340     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(88)80398-6     Document Type: Article

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