Acceleration of lung maturation in a human fetus following maternal isotretinoin intake

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-206

  Fauchère, Jean Claude ^a   Ersch, Jörg ^a   Grant, Daniel Allen ^b   Zimmermann, Roland ^a   Bucher, Hans Ulrich ^a   Stallmach, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glucocorticosteroids; Isotretinoin; Lung maturation; Prematurity; Retinoids

Indexed keywords

ANTI ACNE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; ISOTRETINOIN;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; LUNG; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33748893210     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093589     Document Type: Article

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