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First-Trimester Prenatal Dexamethasone Treatment Is Associated With Alterations in Brain Structure at Adult Age

CONTEXT: Prenatal treatment of human disease is rare. Dexamethasone (DEX) is used in pregnancies at risk for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) to prevent virilization in an affected female fetus. The safety and long-term consequences of prenatal DEX exposure on the brain are largely unknown. OBJE...

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Autores principales: van’t Westeinde, Annelies, Karlsson, Leif, Nordenström, Anna, Padilla, Nelly, Lajic, Svetlana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7304558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32497228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaa340