Antenatal corticosteroid therapy for foetal maturation in women with eclampsia and severe pre-eclampsia in a rural hospital in Western Tanzania.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on August 19, 2016

Authors

R Mooij1,2, I H Mwampagatwa3, J van Dillen4, J Stekelenburg5,6

Author Affiliations

1: Ndala Hospital, 15 Ndala, Tabora, Tanzania. r.mooij1983@gmail.com.
2: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX, Maastricht, The Netherlands. r.mooij1983@gmail.com.
3: College of Health Sciences, University of Dodoma, 395, Dodoma, Tanzania.
4: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein-Zuid 10, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
5: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leeuwarden Medical Centre, Henri Dunantweg 2, 8934 AD, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
6: Department of Health Sciences, Global Health, University Medical Centre Groningen/University of Groningen, PO Box 196, 9700 AD, Groningen, The Netherlands.

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