Single versus weekly courses of antenatal corticosteroids: evaluation of safety and efficacy.

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Published in Am J Obstet Gynecol on July 17, 2006

Authors

Ronald J Wapner1, Yoram Sorokin, Elizabeth A Thom, Francee Johnson, Donald J Dudley, Catherine Y Spong, Alan M Peaceman, Kenneth J Leveno, Margaret Harper, Steve N Caritis, Menachem Miodovnik, Brian Mercer, John M Thorp, Atef Moawad, Mary Jo O'Sullivan, Susan Ramin, Marshall W Carpenter, Dwight J Rouse, Baha Sibai, Steven G Gabbe, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. rw2191@columbia.edu

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