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Neurodevelopmental outcomes after late preterm antenatal corticosteroids

JAMA

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JAMA Network

About The Study: In this follow-up study of a randomized clinical trial, administration of antenatal corticosteroids to persons at risk of late preterm delivery, originally shown to improve short-term neonatal respiratory outcomes but with an increased rate of hypoglycemia, was not associated with adverse childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 6 or older. 

Authors: Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, M.D., M.S., of the University of California, San Diego, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2024.4303)

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