Repeated ultrasound guided fetal injections of corticosteroid alter nervous system maturation in the ovine fetus

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 112-127

  Quinlivan, J A ^a   Beazley, L D ^a   Braekevelt, C R ^a   Evans, S F ^a   Newnham, J P ^a   Dunlop, S A ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Central nervous system; Corticosteroid; Development; Optic nerve; Preterm birth; Retina; Sciatic nerve; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; MATURATION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SCIATIC NERVE; SHEEP;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INJECTIONS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OPTIC NERVE; PREGNANCY; RETINA; SCIATIC NERVE; SHEEP; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035049330     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2001.015     Document Type: Article

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