Repeated prenatal corticosteroids delay myelination in the ovine Central Nervous System

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 309-313

  Dunlop, Sarah A ^a   Archer, Michael A ^a   Quinlivan, Julie A ^a,b   Beazley, Lyn D ^a   Newnham, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Fetus; Maturation; Myelination; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BETAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MYELIN SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

EID: 0031471242     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059709162011     Document Type: Article

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