Association of antenatal corticosteroids with mortality and neurodevelopmental outcomes among infants born at 22 to 25 weeks' gestation

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 2348-2358

  Carlo, Waldemar A ^a,b   McDonald, Scott A ^c   Fanaroff, Avroy A ^d   Vohr, Betty R ^e   Stoll, Barbara J ^f,g   Ehrenkranz, Richard A ^h   Andrews, William W ^a,b   Wallace, Dennis ^c   Das, Abhik ^c   Bell, Edward F ⁱ   Walsh, Michele C ^d   Laptook, Abbot R ^e   Shankaran, Seetha ^j   Poindexter, Brenda B ^k   Hale, Ellen C ^f,g   Newman, Nancy S ^d   Davis, Alexis S ^l,m   Schibler, Kurt ⁿ   Kennedy, Kathleen A ^o   Sánchez, Pablo J ^p   Van Meurs, Krisa P ^l,m   Goldberg, Ronald N ^q   Watterberg, Kristi L ^r   Faix, Roger G ^s   Frantz III, Ivan D ^t   Higgins, Rosemary D ^u   more..

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^j WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^q DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^u EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 83055168450     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1752     Document Type: Article

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