Glucocorticoids (GCs) represent the most important and frequently used class of anti-
inflammatory drugs. While the therapeutic effects of GCs have been known and used for …

Epidemiological evidence suggests that low birth weight is associated with an increased risk
of cardiovascular, metabolic and neuroendocrine disorders in adult life. Glucocorticoid …

Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) due to insufficient production of surfactant is a
common and severe complication of preterm delivery. Here, we report that loss of the …

Background Despite the widespread use of antenatal corticosteroids to prevent respiratory
distress syndrome in preterm infants, there is currently no consensus as to the type of …

Epidemiological evidence suggests that an adverse fetal environment permanently
programs physiology, leading to increased risks of cardiovascular, metabolic, and …

Motor development in very preterm children differs in several important ways from that of
children born at full term. Variability is common, although the anatomic and physiologic …

Objectives To determine whether antenatal betamethasone prior to elective term caesarean
section (CS) affects long term behavioural, cognitive or developmental outcome, and …

Objectives To determine if antenatal exposure to betamethasone for the prevention of
neonatal respiratory distress syndrome alters psychological functioning and health related …

OBJECTIVE: To determine in fetal sheep the effect of betamethasone on myelination in
relation to stage of myelination, number of treatment courses, dose, and route of …

Although substantial declines in infant mortality rates have occurred across racial/ethnic
groups, there has been a marked increase in relative black-white disparity in the risk of …