Multiple courses of antenatal steroids

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 463-469

  Sandesh Kiran, P S ^a   Dutta, Sourabh ^a   Narang, Anil ^a   Bhansali, Anil ^a   Malhi, Prahbhjot ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Antenatal; Outcome; Steroid

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; HYDROCORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADRENAL GLAND; BLOOD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; PREMATURITY;

ADRENAL GLANDS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 34250623255     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0079-x     Document Type: Article

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