Effect of corticosteroids on brain growth in fetal sheep

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-218

  Huang, W L ^a,b   Beazley, L D ^a,b   Quinlivan, J A ^a,b   Evans, S F ^a,b   Newnham, J P ^a,b   Dunlop, S A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BETAMETHASONE; BRAIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; ORGAN SIZE; SHEEP;

EID: 0032806268     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00265-3     Document Type: Article

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