| Literature DB >> 705336 |
J M Reinisch, N G Simon, W G Karow, R Gandelman.
Abstract
Prednisone treatment for infertility and subsequent pregnancy maintenance in humans resulted in a significant decrease in the birth weight of full-term infants and a marked increase in the percentage of newborn infants weighing 2500 grams or less, that is, "light for dates" in comparison to control offspring. A parallel experiment with mice indicated that the reduction of birth weight was caused by exposure to corticosteroids rather than to maternal disease or malfunction.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 705336 DOI: 10.1126/science.705336
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728