Persistent high activity of the fetal adrenal cortex in preterm infants: Is there a clinical significance?

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1303-1312

  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

Adrenal gland; Fetal zone steroids; Preterm infant; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID; BETAMETHASONE; STEROID; SURFACTANT;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREMATURITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 33845701229     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2006.19.11.1303     Document Type: Article

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