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[Dexamethasone-induced fetal lung maturation and the simultaneous control of MPL secretion of the placenta]
Zentralblatt Fur Gynakologie
|January 1, 1978
Abstract:
24 mothers were given 4.0 mg. of dexamethasone one times daily for 3 days during the last trimester of pregnancy. Serial serum human placental lactogen (HPL) determinations were made by radioimmunoassay before, during and post the treatment. Dexamethasone did not change the HPL level.