Multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids and outcome of premature neonates

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 709-717

  Banks, Beverly A ^a   Cnaan, Avital ^a   Morgan, Mark A ^b   Parer, Julian T ^c   Merrill, Jeffrey D ^a   Ballard, Philip L ^a   Ballard, Roberta A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal corticosteroids; Lung disease; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PROTIRELIN;

ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032846580     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70517-X     Document Type: Article

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