Effect of short-term antenatal dexamethasone administration on type I collagen synthesis and degradation in preterm infants at birth

To assess the effects of antenatal corticoid administration on foetal collagen metabolism, cord serum concentrations of the aminoterminal propeptide and carboxyterminal telopeptide of type I procollagen (PINP and ICTP), which reflect rates of type I collagen synthesis and degradation, respectively,...

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