Antenatal Steroids and the IUGR Fetus: Are Exposure and Physiological Effects on the Lung and Cardiovascular System the Same as in Normally Grown Fetuses?
Figure 6
The chronically hypoxemic PR sheep fetus (black bars) has higher plasma cortisol concentrations than the normally grown fetus (open bars) (a). Relative surfactant protein B (SP-B) mRNA expression is inversely correlated with plasma cortisol concentration (b). The figure is reproduced with permission from [126].
