Cortisol production rates in preterm infants in relation to growth and illness: A noninvasive prospective study using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5737-5742

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

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CREATININE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADRENAL GLANDS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GROWTH; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; KINETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 26244443638     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-0870     Document Type: Article

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