Prenatal Betamethasone Exposure and its Impact on Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Preliminary Study in a Spanish Cohort

Background. Betamethasone, a glucocorticoid used to induce lung maturation when there is a risk of preterm delivery, can affect the immune system maturation and type 1 diabetes (T1D) incidence in the progeny. It has been described that prenatal betamethasone protects offspring from experimental T1D...

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Main Authors: David Perna-Barrull, Marta Murillo, Nati Real, Laia Gomez-Muñoz, Silvia Rodriguez-Fernandez, Joan Bel, Manel Puig-Domingo, Marta Vives-Pi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Diabetes Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6598600
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