[Effect of preventive use of dexamethasone on various indicators of humoral immunity in mothers and newborn infants].
In order to explore the immunosuppressive effect of glucocorticoids as accelerators of fetal lung maturity, 98 women with imminent premature labor were examined in respect to the effect of dexamethasone on IgG, IgA and IgM levels in mothers and infants. No convincing immunosuppressive effect was found on the production of the above mentioned markers of humoral immunity in the treated groups of pregnant women and their newborns.
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D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000276:immunology; D005325:Fetal Organ Maturity / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis / Q000187:drug effects*; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000276:immunology*; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000517:prevention & control*
D007136:Immunoglobulins; D003907:Dexamethasone
Vliianie profilakticheskogo primeneniia deksametazona na nekotorye pokazateli gumoral'nogo immuniteta u matereĭ i novorozhdennykh.