Effect of antenatal dexamethasone on the expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the lungs of postnatal pups

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 94-99

  Lin, Chyi Her ^a,b   Tsai, Mei Ling ^a   Chou, Shiao Jiun ^a   Yeh, Tsu Fu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Pediatrics   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUNG HOMOGENATE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STEROID THERAPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0035063487     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sper.2001.23193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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