INFANTS OF DIABETIC MOTHERS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NEONATAL ADRENOCORTICAL FUNCTION AS ASSESSED BY URINARY EXCRETION OF 17-KETOSTEROIDS
- 1 February 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 18 (2) , 133-140
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0180133
Abstract
Six of 7 infants delivered by caesarean section after a pregnancy of 34-37 weeks were found to excrete considerably more urinary 17-ketosteroids during the first 4 days than did 19 normally delivered babies of non-diabetic mothers. The high values were thought to be due to increased adrenocortical function.Keywords
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