Cortisol response to heelstick stressor in preterm infants

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 182-185

  Arbring, K ^a   Nelson, N ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CORTISOL; HEELSTICK; NEONATE; PRETERM INFANTS; STRESS REACTION

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 0033912139     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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