Effect of maternal administration of dexamethasone during last weeks of pregnancy on foetal skeletal system in pigs

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-452

  Śliwa, Ewa ^a   Kowalik, Sylwester ^a   Tatara, Marcin R ^a   Studziński, Tadeusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bones; Dexamethasone; Newborn piglets; Prenatal life

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; GEOMETRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; SKELETON; SUCKLING; SWINE;

EID: 15744397652     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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