Effect of gestational age, postnatal age, and illness on plasma cortisol concentrations in premature infants

Pediatric Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 112-116

  Scott, Susan M ^a   Watterberg, Kristi L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LUNG SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028839085     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199501000-00021     Document Type: Article

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