Maternal theophylline administration and breathing movements in late- gestation human fetuses

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 973-978

  Ishikawa, Mizue ^b   Yoneyama, Yoshio ^a   Power, Gordon G ^b   Araki, Tsutomu ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING RATE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATION; THEOPHYLLINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030561012     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(96)00344-4     Document Type: Article

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