Growth and insulin dynamics in two generations of female offspring of mothers receiving a single course of synthetic glucocorticoids

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203.e1-203.e8

  Long, Nathan M ^a,b   Shasa, Desiree R ^a   Ford, Stephen P ^a   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

antenatal synthetic glucocorticoids; growth restriction; insulin and glucose metabolism; mutigenerational developmental programming; sheep

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DIET RESTRICTION; EWE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMERUS; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; LAMB; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL FUNCTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84865745415     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.06.024     Document Type: Article

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