Does antenatal corticosteroid therapy affect birth weight and head circumference?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-108

  Thorp, James A ^a,e   Jones, Philip G ^b   Knox, Eric ^c   Clark, Reese H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Analytic Consultants of Lee's Summit   (United States)

^c PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY GROWTH; BRAIN GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NULLIPARA; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036147455     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(01)01656-8     Document Type: Article

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