New technique for artificial lung maturation. Direct intramuscular fetal corticosteroid therapy

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-19

  Ljubic A ^a,b   Cvetkovic M ^a   Sulovic V ^a   Radunovic N ^a   Antonovic O ^a   Vukolic D ^a   Popovic B ^a   Petkovic S ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b Inst of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Fetal intramuscular therapy; Lung maturation; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAUTERINE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME;

EID: 0033041471     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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