Word: glucocorticoid
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Dates: during 1991-1991
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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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