Differential effects of maternal betamethasone and cortisol on lung maturation and growth in fetal sheep

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-28

  Jobe, Alan H ^a   Newnham, John P ^b   Moss, Timothy J ^b   Ikegami, Machiko ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Growth restriction; Medroxyprogesterone; Nongenomic; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CELESTONE CHRONODOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0037248692     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.61     Document Type: Article

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