Are we prescribing multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids? A survey of practice in the UK

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 578-

  Sinha, A ^a  

^a DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0034169351     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb13291.x     Document Type: Letter

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