Corticosterone has independent effects on tissue maturation and growth in the suckling rat

Pediatric Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 395-400

  Beckett, Philip R ^a   Fiorotto, Marta L ^a   Davis, Teresa A ^a   Reeds, Peter J ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; SUCRASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; LUNG FUNCTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030043152     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199603000-00004     Document Type: Article

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