Effect of betametasone administration on platelet count in thrombocytopenic and normal pregnant women

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 274, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 130-132

  Giannubilo, Stefano Raffaele ^a   Shkara, Vissam Abu ^a   Tranquilli, Andrea Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Inflammation; Platelets; Pregnancy; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; BETAMETHASONE; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PLATELET COUNT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33646872841     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0141-3     Document Type: Article

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