Pituitary-adrenal suppression and recovery in preterm very low birth weight infants after dexamethasone treatment for bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2429-2432

  Ng, Pak C ^a   Wong, Gary W K ^c   Lam, Christopher W K ^a   Lee, Cheuk H ^c   Fok, Tai F ^c   Wong, Man Y ^b   Wong, William ^c   Chan, Dick C F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c Prince of Wales Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MALE; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0030788017     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.8.4152     Document Type: Article

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