American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 6 , Pages 611.e1-611.e7, December 2009

Betamethasone dose and formulation for induced lung maturation in fetal sheep

  • Alan H. Jobe, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Ilias Nitsos, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Women and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
    • ,
  • J. Jane Pillow, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Women and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
    • ,
  • Graeme R. Polglase, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Women and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
    • ,
  • Suhas G. Kallapur, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
    • ,
  • John P. Newnham, MD

      Affiliations

    • School of Women and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

Received 6 March 2009; received in revised form 7 May 2009; accepted 6 July 2009. published online 05 October 2009.

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 This work was funded in part by Grant HL-65397 and by a Grant from Schering-Plough, Summit, NJ. J.J.P. is supported by a Sylvia and Charles Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellowship. G.R.P. is supported by an NHFA and NHMRC Fellowship. Infrastructure support was provided by the Women and Infants' Research Foundation, Western Australia.

 Cite this article as: Jobe AH, Nitsos I, Pillow JJ, et al. Betamethasone dose and formulation for induced lung maturation in fetal sheep. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:611.e1-7.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00780-7

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.07.014

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 6 , Pages 611.e1-611.e7, December 2009

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