The pharmacokinetics of oral and intramuscular administration of dexamethasone in late pregnancy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-216

  Elliott, Catherine L ^a   Read, Graham F ^b   Wallace, Euan M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Pharmacokinetics; Preterm delivery; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029966614     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609047089     Document Type: Article

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