Effects of maternal dexamethasone therapy on fetal lung development in the rhesus monkey

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 399-407

  Engle, Michael J ^a,b   Kemnitz, Joseph W ^a   Rao, T J ^a   Perelman, Robert H ^a   Farrell, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antenatal steroids; Dexamethasone; fetal lung maturation; respiratory distress syndrome; rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

EID: 0030451784     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994378     Document Type: Article

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