Cognitive outcome of offspring from dexamethasone-treated pregnancies at risk for congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-110

  Meyer Bahlburg, Heino F L ^a   Dolezal, Curtis ^a   Haggerty, Rita ^a   Silverman, Michael ^b   New, Maria I ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862749428     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-11-0789     Document Type: Article

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