Department of Obstetrics and gynaecology, University of Oulu, SF-90220 Oulu 22, Finland.
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EFFECT OF MATERNAL DEXAMETHASONE THERAPY ON THE LEVELS OF OESTROGENS, PROGESTERONE AND CHORIONIC GONADOTROPHIN IN AMNIOTIC FLUID AND MATERNAL SERUM
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb14889.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 85, Issue 5, pages 334–337, May 1978
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Ylikorkala, O., Dawood, M. Y., Kauppila, A. and Tuimala, R. (1978), EFFECT OF MATERNAL DEXAMETHASONE THERAPY ON THE LEVELS OF OESTROGENS, PROGESTERONE AND CHORIONIC GONADOTROPHIN IN AMNIOTIC FLUID AND MATERNAL SERUM. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 85: 334–337. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb14889.x
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Summary
Ten women were given dexamethasone intramuscularly in order to accelerate fetal lung maturation. Amniotic fluid and maternal serum were assayed for oestrone, oestradiol-l7β, oestriol, progesterone and chorionic gonadotrophin by specific radioimmunoassays before and after the treatment. No hormonal changes were observed in amniotic fluid. The serum levels of oestrogens 2 to 5 days after treatment were not significantly different from those before treatment, indicating that the previously reported suppression of oestrogen production by glucocorticoids disappears rapidly after treatment stops.