Postpartum bone mineral density following antenatal dexamethasone therapy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1093-1095

  Ogueh, Onome ^a   Khastgir, Gautam ^a   Studd, John W W ^a   King, Hilary ^b   Johnson, Mark Richard ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM;

BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DEXAMETHASONE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUNG; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0032869656     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08120.x     Document Type: Article

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