Single and multiple prenatal glucocorticoid exposures improve preterm newborn lamb cardiovascular and renal function similarly

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 444-453

  Smith, Lynne M ^a,d   Ervin, M Gore ^b   Wada, Norihisa ^a   Ikegami, Machiko ^c   Jobe, Alan H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Maturation; Phenylephrine; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LAMB; MICTURITION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM EXCRETION; URINE OSMOLALITY;

EID: 0037328035     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.36     Document Type: Article

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