Effects of repeated courses of antenatal corticosteroids on somatic development in children 6 to 10 years of age

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-28

  Chen, Xi Kuan ^a   Lougheed, Jane ^b   Lawson, Margaret L ^b   Gibb, William ^a   Walker, Robin C ^b   Shi, Wu Wen ^a   Walker, Mark C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antenatal; Biometric characteristics; Corticosteroid; Head circumference; Heart function

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA;

EID: 38149021379     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-995222     Document Type: Article

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