Effect of dexamethasone on pulmonary and renal angiotensin-converting enzyme concentration in fetal sheep during late gestation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1467-1471

  Zimmermann, Heiner ^a   Gardner, David S ^a   Jellyman, Juanita K ^a   Fowden, Abigail L ^a   Giussani, Dino A ^a   Forhead, Alison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Fetus; Glucocorticoids; Kidney; Lung; Sheep

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LUNG; GESTATIONAL AGE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROID THERAPY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0348011907     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0002-9378(03)00627-6     Document Type: Article

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