Immediate and delayed effects of antenatal corticosteroids on fetal heart rate: A randomized trial that compares betamethasone acetate and phosphate, betamethasone phosphate, and dexamethasone

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 524-531

  Subtil, Damien ^a,b   Tiberghien, Pauline ^a   Devos, Patrick ^a   Therby, Denis ^a   Leclerc, Gilles ^a   Vaast, Pascal ^a   Puech, Francis ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Dexamethasone; Fetal heart rate

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; CELESTENE CHRONODOSE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0037330166     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.136     Document Type: Article

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