Antenatal betamethasone therapy: effects on maternal, fetal, and neonatal mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, and progestins

J Pediatr. 1986 Jun;108(6):990-3. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(86)80946-5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / blood*
  • Betamethasone / pharmacology*
  • Betamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Fetal Blood / analysis*
  • Glucocorticoids / blood
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature*
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Mineralocorticoids / blood
  • Pregnancy
  • Progestins / blood*
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Mineralocorticoids
  • Progestins
  • Betamethasone