The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 150, Issue 4 , Pages 345-350, April 2007

Follow-up Study of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Postnatal Dexamethasone Therapy in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: Effects on Pulmonary Outcomes at Age 8 to 11 Years

  • Patricia A. Nixon, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health & Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
    • Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Patricia A. Nixon, PhD, Wake Forest University, HES Department, PO Box 7868, Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7868.
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  • Lisa K. Washburn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
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  • Michael S. Schechter, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
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  • T. Michael O’Shea, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Received 11 August 2006; received in revised form 24 October 2006; accepted 7 December 2006.

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 Supported by the General Clinical Research Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (grant M01-RR07122), the National Institutes of Health (grant P01HD047584), and the Intramural Research Support Committee of Wake Forest Medical School and the Brenner Center for Child and Adolescent Health.

PII: S0022-3476(06)01188-7

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.12.013

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