Hair cortisol as a hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis biomarker in pregnant women with asthma: a retrospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Cortisol is a hormone involved in many physiological functions including fetal maturation and epigenetic programming during pregnancy. This study aimed to use hair cortisol as a biomarker of chronic inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) exposure and assess the potential effects of asthma on the h...

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Autores principales: Smy, Laura, Shaw, Kaitlyn, Amstutz, Ursula, Smith, Anne, Berger, Howard, Carleton, Bruce, Koren, Gideon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4955128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27440139
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-016-0962-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4955128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27440139
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-016-0962-4

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