Repeat courses of antenatal corticosteroids: The controversy continues

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 585-587

  Guinn, Debra Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 1642423763     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2003.12.012     Document Type: Article

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