Antenatal corticosteroid therapy and fetal behaviour: A randomised study of the effects of betamethasone and dexamethasone

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1239-1247

  Mulder, Eduard J H ^a   Derks, Jan B ^a   Visser, Gerard H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BREATHING; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; FETAL MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030724624     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10969.x     Document Type: Article

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