Journal article
Avoiding the prenatal programming effects of glucocorticoids: are there alternative treatments for the induction of antenatal lung maturation?
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The long-term outcomes of antenatal glucocorticoids (GCs) vary between reports, and have generated controversy in terms of repeated and single-course events, causing irreversible effects on endocrine set points.
AIM: This study aimed to assess the effects of alternative therapeutic agents other than synthetic glucocorticoid GC administration for fetal lung maturation.
Authors
Justus G; Sloboda DM; Henrich W; Plagemann A; Dudenhausen JW; Braun T
Journal
Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 503–523
Publisher
De Gruyter
Publication Date
September 2015
DOI
10.1515/jpm-2014-0295
ISSN
0300-5577