Combined Effects of Antenatal Corticosteroids and Surfactant Supplementation on the Outcome of Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 421-428

  Modanlou, Houchang D ^a,b   Beharry, Kay ^c   Padilla, Guadalupe ^c   Iriye, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MILLER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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