Single vs weekly courses of antenatal corticosteroids for women at risk of preterm delivery: A randomized controlled trial

JAMA

Volumn 286, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1581-1587

  Guinn, Debra A ^a   Atkinson, M Wendy ^b   Sullivan, Lisa ^c   Lee, MenJean ^d   MacGregor, Scott ^g   Parilla, Barbara V ^g,h   Davies, Jill ^a   Hanlon Lundberg, Kathleen ⁱ   Simpson, Lynn ^e   Stone, Joanne ^f   Wing, Deborah ^j   Ogasawara, Keith ^k   Muraskas, Jonathan ^l  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children   (United States)

^l LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LEUKOMALACIA; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 0035802209     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.286.13.1581     Document Type: Article

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