Who remains undelivered more than seven days after a single course of prenatal corticosteroids and gives birth at less than 34 weeks?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 353-357

  McLaughlin, K J ^a   Crowther, C A ^a   Vigneswaran, P ^a   Hancock, E ^a   Wilson, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CELESTONE CHRONODOSE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0036817324     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0004-8666.2002.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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