A controlled trial of antepartum glucocorticoid treatment for prevention of the respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants.

Betamethasone/therapeutic use Clinical Trials as Topic Cortisone/therapeutic use Female Gestational Age Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use Humans Hyaline Membrane Disease/mortality,prevention & control Infant, Newborn Lung/drug effects,embryology Male Obstetric Labor, Premature Pregnancy Pulmonary Surfactants/biosynthesis Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn/mortality,prevention & control Time Factors

Glucocorticoids Pulmonary Surfactants Betamethasone Cortisone