Time to delivery after the first course of antenatal corticosteroids: A cohort study

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 683-688

  Vis, Jolande Y ^a   Wilms, Femke F ^b   Kuin, Rosanna A ^a   Reuvers, Janine M ^a   Stam, Monique C ^a   Pattinaja, Desiree A P M ^b   Mol, Ben Willem J ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antenatal corticosteroids; preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052964914     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1280596     Document Type: Article

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