Effects of antenatal betamethasone administration on fetal heart rate and behavior in twin pregnancy

Pediatric Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-39

  Mulder, Eduard J H ^a   Derks, Jan B ^a   Visser, Gerard H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUNG DYSPLASIA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STEROID THERAPY; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS;

ADULT; BETAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TWINS;

EID: 3042543884     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000130476.97700.2B     Document Type: Article

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