Altered Basal Cortisol Levels at 3, 6, 8 and 18 Months in Infants Born at Extremely Low Gestational Age

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-156

  Grunau, Ruth E ^a   Haley, David W ^a   Whitfield, Michael F ^a   Weinberg, Joanne ^a   Yu, Wayne ^a   Thiessen, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMATURITY; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PARAMETER; PATIENT SELECTION; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS; TERM BIRTH; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; APGAR SCORE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TERM BIRTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846374391     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.10.053     Document Type: Article

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