Betamethasone in the last week of pregnancy causes fetal growth retardation but not adult hypertension in rats

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 469-473

  McDonald, T J ^a   Franko, K L ^a   Brown, J M ^a   Jenkins, S L ^a   Nathanielsz, P W ^a   Nijland, M J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body weight; Glucocorticoids; Pregnancy; Stress

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LUNG WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RAT; RECORDING; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BETAMETHASONE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0345528880     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(03)00151-5     Document Type: Article

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