Blunted stress response in small for gestational age neonates

Pediatric Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-235

  Schaffer, Leonhard ^a,c   Muller Vizentini, Deborah ^a   Burkhardt, Tilo ^a   Rauh, Manfred ^b   Ehlert, Ulrike ^a   Beinder, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEWBORN; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STEROID RELEASE; STRESS;

EID: 60449113289     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e318191fb44     Document Type: Article

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