Dose-response effects of betamethasone on maturation of the fetal sheep lung

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186.e1-186.e7

  Loehle, Matthias ^a   Schwab, Matthias ^a   Kadner, Susan ^b   Maner, Kristal M ^c   Gilbert, Jeffrey S ^d   Brenna, J Thomas ^c   Ford, Stephen P ^e   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^d   Nijland, Mark J ^d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

antenatal glucocorticoids; glucocorticoid formulation; lung maturation

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 74749092288     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.09.033     Document Type: Article

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