The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 155, Issue 1 , Pages 39-44.e1 , July 2009

Maternal Corticosteroid Use and Hypospadias

  • Suzan L. Carmichael, PhD

      Affiliations

    • California Research Division, March of Dimes Foundation, Oakland, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Suzan L. Carmichael, PhD, March of Dimes, California Research Division, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, 5700 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94609.
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  • Chen Ma, MD

      Affiliations

    • California Research Division, March of Dimes Foundation, Oakland, CA
    • ,
  • Martha M. Werler, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Richard S. Olney, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA
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  • Gary M. Shaw, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • California Research Division, March of Dimes Foundation, Oakland, CA
    • ,
  • National Birth Defects Prevention Study

      Affiliations

    • A list of National Birth Defects Prevention Study investigators is available at www.jpeds.com (Appendix).

Received 4 September 2008 ,Revised 13 November 2008 ,Accepted 14 January 2009.

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 Funding information is available at www.jpeds.com (Appendix). The findings and conclusions presented in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institutes of Health, or the California Department of Public Health. The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)00026-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.01.039

The Journal of Pediatrics
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