Effect of antenatal betamethasone use on adrenal gland size and endogenous cortisol and 17-hydroxyprogesterone in preterm neonates

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1027-1031

  Buyukkayhan, Derya ^a   Ozturk, Mehmet Adnan ^b   Kurtoglu, Selim ^b   Koklu, Esad ^b   Yikilmaz, Ali ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

17 hydroxyprogesterone; Adrenal gland; Cortisol; Newborn

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL GLAND SIZE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 75749098920     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2009.22.11.1027     Document Type: Article

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