Effect of antenatal and postnatal corticosteroid therapy on weight gain and head circumference growth in the nursery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-115

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

^a Sacred Heart Children's Hospital   (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; ILLICIT DRUG; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NULLIPARA; NURSERY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036147665     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(01)01657-X     Document Type: Article

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