Cortisol levels in umbilical vein and umbilical artery with or without antenatal corticosteroids

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-63

  Manabe, Masahiro ^a   Nishida, Tomoko ^a   Imai, Tadashi ^a   Kusaka, Takashi ^a   Kawada, Kou ^a   Okada, Hitoshi ^a   Okubo, Kensuke ^a   Isobe, Kenichi ^a   Itoh, Susumu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antenatal corticosteroid; Cortisol; Preterm infant; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LABOR; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 14644440805     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.02002.x     Document Type: Article

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