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PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, BLINDED COMPARISON OF ANTENATAL BETAMETHASONE ON MOUSE LIVER DEVELOPMENT

Anna E. Sienko Department of Pathology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.; Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, BMSB Room 451, 940 Stanton Young Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, U.S.A.
, M.D.,
Jeff D. Stewart Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
, M.D.,
Christina L. Gonzalez Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
, B.S.,
H. Dix Christensen Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
, Ph.D.,
Megan Lerner Department of Pathology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
, B.S., C.T. &
William F. Rayburn Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center and School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
, M.D.
Pages 49-61 | Published online: 04 Mar 2001

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