Maternal betamethasone administration reduces binucleate cell number and placental lactogen in sheep

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 337-347

  Braun, Thorsten ^a,b   Li, Shaofu ^c   Moss, Timothy J M ^c,d   Newnham, John P ^c,d   Challis, John R G ^a   Gluckman, Peter D ^e   Sloboda, Deborah M ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BETAMETHASONE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL LACTOGEN; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 34547907038     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-07-0123     Document Type: Article

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