Effects of neonatal dexamethasone treatm
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Hsiao-Ju Lin; Chiung-Chun Huang; Kuei-Sen Hsu
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Objective Synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (DEX) is frequently used as a therapeutic agent to lessen the morbidity of chronic lung disease in premature infants. Surprisingly, little is known about the long‐term neurodevelopmental outcomes of this therapy. ## Methods Using a