Antenatal betamethasone administration alters stress physiology in healthy neonates

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1082-1088

  Schäffer, Leonhard ^a   Luzi, Franziska ^b   Burkhardt, Tilo ^b   Rauh, Manfred ^b   Beinder, Ernst ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEONATAL STRESS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SALIVA LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

BETAMETHASONE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORTISONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 66149110805     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181a1f0e6     Document Type: Article

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