Indicators of delayed maturation of rat heart treated prenatally with dexamethasone

Pediatric Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-144

  Torres, Aurora ^a   Belser III, William W ^b   Umeda, Patrick K ^b   Tucker, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATURATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030749857     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199708000-00001     Document Type: Article

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