Repeated use of betamethasone in rabbits: Effects of treatment variation on adrenal suppression, pulmonary maturation, and pregnancy outcome

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 995-1005

  Pratt, Leslie ^b   Magness, Ronald R ^b   Phernetton, Terry ^b   Hendricks, Susan K ^b   Abbott, David H ^b   Bird, Ian M ^a  

^a MERITER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Fetal organ maturity; Fetal rabbit; Pulmonary; Respiratory distress syndrome; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUNG SURFACTANT; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0342779093     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70672-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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