Effect of prenatal betamethasone administration on maternal and fetal corticosteroid-binding globulin concentrations

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1546-1551

  Jeffray, Treena M ^a   Marinoni, Emanuela ^b   Ramirez, Mildred M ^b   Bocking, Alan D ^b   Challis, John R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Corticosteroid binding globulin; Fetus; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; TRANSCORTIN;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033377241     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70402-3     Document Type: Article

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