Overexposure to Antenatal Corticosteroids: A Global Concern

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 879-

  Koenen, Steven V ^a   Dunn, Elizabeth A ^a   Kingdom, John C ^a   Ohlsson, Arne ^a   Matthews, Stephen G ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG OVEREXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; EUROPE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVE BIRTH; NEW ZEALAND; OBSTETRICIAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRESCRIPTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS MATURITY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38449114117     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32655-X     Document Type: Letter

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