Altered immune function in human newborns after prenatal administration of betamethasone: Enhanced natural killer cell activity and decreased T cell proliferation in cord blood

Pediatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 306-312

  Kavelaars, Annemieke ^a   Van Der Pompe, Gieta ^a   Bakker, Joost M ^a   Van Hasselt, Peter M ^a   Cats, Bernard ^a   Visser, Gerard H A ^a   Heijnen, Cobi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0032922183     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199903000-00003     Document Type: Article

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