Word: glucocorticoid
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...particular type of hypertension that the study examines, called glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism, is characterized by early development of high blood pressure--usually between the ages of 15 and 25--and overproduction of the hormone aldosterone, which leads to abnormal salt retention and low levels of potassium in blood...
Surfactant production can also be stimulated by the delivery of glucocorticoid, a steroid, to pregnant women. The fetus secretes surfactant into the amniotic fluid, which can then be tested by doctors in amniocentesis to determine whether or not the newborn will have...
With induction of the steroid glucocorticoid into the mother and surfactant replacement therapy, many stillborns are now avoided, she says...
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