Follow up of a randomised trial of two different courses of dexamethasone for preterm babies at risk of chronic lung disease

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Armstrong, D L ^a   Penrice, J ^a   Bloomfield, F H ^a   Knight, D B ^a   Dezoete, J A ^a   Harding, J E ^a  

^a NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CHILD GROWTH; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; WEANING;

EID: 0036209684     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.86.2.f102     Document Type: Article

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