
Does the corticosteroid’s treatment during the pre and postnatal period affect the neurodevelopmental outcome of premature newborns?
Author(s) -
Marita Lardón,
J. Uberos,
Eduardo Narbona
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
biomédica/biomedica
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.26
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2590-7379
pISSN - 0120-4157
DOI - 10.7705/biomedica.v37i3.3394
Subject(s) - medicine , betamethasone , corticosteroid , pediatrics , low birth weight , dexamethasone , birth weight , prospective cohort study , cohort , neonatal intensive care unit , cohort study , pregnancy , genetics , biology
Glucocorticoids, widely used in the perinatal period, may be associated with adverse neurodevelopmental effects.