Assessing cortisol production in preterm infants: Do not dispose of the nappies

Pediatric Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 412-418

  Heckmann, Matthias ^a   Hartmann, Michaela F ^a   Kampschulte, Birgit ^a   Gack, Heike ^a   Bödeker, Rolf Hasso ^a   Gortner, Ludwig ^a   Wudy, Stefan A ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAPER; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEROID ANALYSIS; STEROID EXCRETION; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DIAPERS, INFANT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 14344266704     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000153947.51642.C1     Document Type: Article

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