Bibian van der Voorn

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Glucocorticoid Programming in Very Preterm Birth. 9 Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 2016 2. Aim, Design and Outline of this thesis. 27 PART I SHORT-TERM CORRELATES 3. Glucocorticoids in neonatal hair: reflection of intrauterine 35 HPA axis activity? Endocrine Connections, 2017 4. Maternal stress during pregnancy is associated with decreased 51 cortisol and cortisone levels in infant hair. Under revision, Psychoneuroendocrinology 5. Determination of cortisol and cortisone in human mother’s milk. 67 Clinica Chimica Acta, 2015 6. Breast-Milk Cortisol and Cortisone Concentrations Follow the 75 Diurnal Rhythm of Maternal HPA Axis Activity. Journal of Nutrition, 2016 7. Stability of cortisol and cortisone in human breast milk during 93 Holder pasteurization. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2017