Cardiovascular and endocrine effects of a single course of maternal dexamethasone treatment in preterm fetal sheep

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-191

  Quaedackers, Josine S ^a   Roelfsema, Vincent ^a   Fraser, Mhoyra ^b   Gunn, Alistair J ^a   Bennet, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; ALDOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; PREGNANEDIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEEP; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TACHYCARDIA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERIES; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FETAL MOVEMENT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HYDROCORTISONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 13244283110     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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