Repeat antenatal corticosteroids : A time for caution

Contemporary Ob/Gyn

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 32-40

  Gilstrap III, Larry C ^a   D'Alton, Mary E ^b   Berkowitz, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Colambia University Collage of Physicians and Surgens ^*  (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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