Antenatal corticosteroid therapy (ACT) and size at birth: A population-based analysis using the Finnish Medical Birth Register

BACKGROUND: Antenatal corticosteroid therapy (ACT) is used clinically to prepare the fetal lung for impending preterm birth, but animal and human studies link corticosteroids to smaller birth size. Whether ACT is associated with birth size is debated; therefore, we assessed differences in birth size...

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Autores principales: Rodriguez, Alina, Wang, Yingbo, Ali Khan, Anohki, Cartwright, Rufus, Gissler, Mika, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6390995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30807570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002746

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6390995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30807570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002746

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