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Cursos múltiples de corticosteroides prenatales para el parto prematuro (MACS): un ensayo controlado aleatorizado

Kellie E Murphy1, Mary E Hannah, Andrew R Willan

  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Canadakmurphy@mtsinai.on.ca

Lancet (London, England)
|December 23, 2008
PubMed
Resumen

Cursos múltiples de corticosteroides prenatales no mejoran los resultados para los nacimientos prematuros. Este tratamiento repetido está relacionado con la reducción del peso, la longitud y la circunferencia de la cabeza del bebé al nacer.

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