Growth in the neonatal period after repeat courses of antenatal corticosteroids: Data from the ACTORDS randomised trial

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Battin, Malcolm ^a,b   Bevan, Coila ^a,b   Harding, Jane ^b  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG LENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BETAMETHASONE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GROWTH; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84858287593     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2011.211318     Document Type: Article

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