Serum concentrations of adrenal steroids and their precursors as a measure of maturity of adrenocortical function in very premature newborns

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 358-364

  Nykänen, Päivi ^a,b   Heinonen, Kirsti ^a   Riepe, Felix G ^c   Sippell, Wolfgang G ^c   Voutilainen, Raimo ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b MIKKELI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

11 deoxycortisol; 17 OH pregnenolone; 17 OH progesterone; Cortisol; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTODOXONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; GESTONORONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; UMBILICAL CORD;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION TESTS; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORTODOXONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78149357319     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314970     Document Type: Article

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