Pediatric Research
Antenatal glucocorticoid may alter fetal renal development
Published in OBGYN and Reproduction Week, October 31st, 2005
Scientists in the United States report, "Epidemiologic studies have yielded controversial information regarding an association between antenatal steroid administration and elevations in arterial blood pressure (BP). The aim of [our] study was to determine whether antenatal administration of a clinically relevant dose of steroids at a time when fetal nephro-genesis is at its highest results in abnormal kidney development and adult hypertension."
J.P. Figueroa and colleagues...
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