Antenatal corticosteroids to prevent preterm birth

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9667, 2009, Pages 894-

  Been, Jasper V ^a   Kramer, Boris W ^a   Zimmermann, Luc JI ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FETUS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LETTER; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; FEMALE; NEWBORN; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 61849179899     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60543-2     Document Type: Letter

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