Glucocorticoid exposure of sheep at 0.7 to 0.75 gestation augments late-gestation fetal stress responses

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253.e16-253.e22

  Schwab, Matthias ^a,b   Coksaygan, Turhan ^b   Rakers, Florian ^a   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

fetus; hypotension; hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; lung maturation; prematurity; prenatal glucocorticoids

Indexed keywords

AMP EQUINE; AMPICILLIN; BETAMETHASONE; CELESTAN SOLUBILE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PHENYLZONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTENSION; LATE GESTATION FETAL STRESS RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STRESS;

EID: 84857792902     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.11.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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