Long term effects of antenatal betamethasone on lung function: 30 Year follow up of a randomised controlled trial

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 678-683

  Dalziel, S R ^a,b   Rea, H H ^b   Walker, N K ^b   Parag, V ^b   Mantell, C ^b   Rodgers, A ^b   Harding, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY;

ASTHMA; BETAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 33747064109     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.051763     Document Type: Article

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