A randomised controlled comparison of betamethasone with dexamethasone: Effects on the antenatal fetal heart rate

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1233-1238

  Magee, L A ^a   Dawes, G S ^a   Moulden, M ^a   Redman, C W G ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030690584     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10968.x     Document Type: Article

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