Are weekly courses of antenatal steroids beneficial or dangerous? [2] (multiple letters)

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 187-190

  Jenkins, Thomas M ^a   Wapner, Ronald J ^b   Thom, Elizabeth A ^c   Das, Anita F ^c   Spong, Catherine Y ^d  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex hormones; Corticosteroids; Drug reaction, adverse

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK;

FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RISK;

EID: 0037045445     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.287.2.187-JLT0109-2-1     Document Type: Letter

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