Effects of antenatal glucocorticoids on cerebral protein synthesis in the preterm ovine fetus

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103.e1-103.e6

  McCallum, Jeremy ^a   Smith, Norman ^a   MacLachlan, James N ^a   Coksaygan, Turhan ^b   Schwab, Matthias ^c   Nathanielsz, Peter ^b   Richardson, Bryan S ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

antenatal glucocorticoid; fetal cerebral protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BRAIN PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEUCINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHEEP; STEADY STATE; TECHNOLOGY; VARIANCE;

EID: 37349077907     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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