Impact of antenatal synthetic glucocorticoid exposure on endocrine stress reactivity in term-born children

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3538-3544

  Alexander, Nina ^a   Rosenlöcher, Franziska ^a   Stalder, Tobias ^a   Linke, Julia ^b   Distler, Wolfgang ^a   Morgner, Joachim ^c   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Dresden Neustadt Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST FOR CHILDREN;

ACUTE DISEASE; BETAMETHASONE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867271411     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-1970     Document Type: Article

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