Antenatal corticosteroids prior to preterm birth: betamethasone or dexamethasone?

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¹ Departments of Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Public Health, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada. Electronic address: sklee@mtsinai.on.ca.
² Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada; Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

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Shoo K Lee et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019 Nov.

. 2019 Nov;3(11):750-751.

doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30293-7. Epub 2019 Sep 12.

¹ Departments of Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Public Health, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada. Electronic address: sklee@mtsinai.on.ca.
² Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada; Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

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Maternal intramuscular dexamethasone versus betamethasone before preterm birth (ASTEROID): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial.
Crowther CA, Ashwood P, Andersen CC, Middleton PF, Tran T, Doyle LW, Robinson JS, Harding JE; ASTEROID Study Group. Crowther CA, et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019 Nov;3(11):769-780. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30292-5. Epub 2019 Sep 12. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019. PMID: 31523039 Clinical Trial.