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Glucocorticoid exposure at the dose used clinically alters cytoskeletal proteins and presynaptic terminals in the fetal baboon brain

Glucocorticoids have been used for 30 years to accelerate fetal lung maturation in human pregnancy at risk of preterm delivery. Exposure to inappropriate levels of steroid, however, leads to altered maturation of the cardiovascular, metabolic and central nervous systems. The effects of betamethasone...

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Main Authors: Antonow-Schlorke, Iwa, Schwab, Matthias, Li, Cun, Nathanielsz, Peter W
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Blackwell Science Inc 2003
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2342613/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12562943
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2002.025700
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