Antenatal steroid administration for premature neonates in California.

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Published in Obstet Gynecol on March 01, 2011

Authors

Henry C Lee1, Audrey Lyndon, Yair J Blumenfeld, R Adams Dudley, Jeffrey B Gould

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA. LeeHC@peds.ucsf.edu

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