The fetal and neonatal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Ng, P C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE;

ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034026727     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.82.3.f250     Document Type: Article

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