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Case Reports
. 2017 Feb;66(2):104-106.

PURLs: Steroids during late preterm labor: Better later than never

Corey Lyon  1 , Jennifer K Bello  2
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Case Reports

PURLs: Steroids during late preterm labor: Better later than never

Corey Lyon et al. J Fam Pract. 2017 Feb.

Abstract

Steroids--even when administered in the last leg of the late preterm period--still reduce the likelihood of respiratory complications in newborns.

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