Plasma cortisol, cortisone and urinary glucocorticoid metabolites in preterm infants

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 79-86

  Midgley, P C ^a,b,c   Holownia, P ^a   Smith, J ^b   Moore, M ^b   Russell, K ^a   Oates, N ^a   Shaw, J C L ^a   Honour, J W ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Neonatal Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Cortisone; Neonate; Plasma; Premature; Urine metabolites

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FEMALE; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGING; CORTISONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; STEROIDS;

EID: 0035101486     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047071     Document Type: Article

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