Glucocorticoid Metabolism in the Human Fetal Lung: Implications for Lung Development and the Pulmona...
Glucocorticoid Metabolism in the Human Fetal Lung: Implications for Lung Development and the Pulmonary Surfactant System
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Basel, Switzerland: Karger
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It has been nearly 35 years since Liggins and Howie first reported the benefits of antenatal glucocorticoid (GC) treatment to promote the maturation of the human fetal lung, and nearly that long since Pasqualini and colleagues demonstrated that the human fetal lung actively metabolizes GCs. Since that time, our understanding of the effects of GCs o...
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Glucocorticoid Metabolism in the Human Fetal Lung: Implications for Lung Development and the Pulmonary Surfactant System
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TN_cdi_karger_primary_88653
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_karger_primary_88653
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1661-7800,0006-3126
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1661-7819,1421-9727
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10.1159/000088653
