Early dexamethasone therapy and blood cell count in preterm infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 476-481

  Peng, Ching T ^a   Lin, Hong C ^a   Lin, Yuh J ^b   Tsai, Chang H ^a   Yeh, Tsu F ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Early dexamethasone therapy; Neonatal blood count; Preterm infant; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 0032857885     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.104.3.476     Document Type: Article

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