TY - JOUR T1 - Antenatal steroid therapy and later stress responsiveness in the child JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 194 LP - 194 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2012-303542 VL - 98 IS - 3 A2 - , Y1 - 2013/03/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/3/194.abstract N2 - It has been suggested that both maternal stress and antenatal administration of synthetic glucocorticoids (sGC) may cause prolonged changes in hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis regulation that could affect the child in later life, increasing the risks of cardiovascular, metabolic, neuroendocrine, and psychological problems. Now a study in Germany (Nina Alexander and colleagues. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2012;97:3538–44; see also editorial, ibid: 3457–9) has shown … ER -