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Steroid Therapy and the Treatment of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: an Error in Neonatology, or an Unavoidable Therapeutic Intervention?

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  1. Department of Neonatology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine of The Hebrew University, P.O. Box 3235, Jerusalem, 91031, Israel

    Michael Kaplan MB ChB

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Kaplan, M. Steroid Therapy and the Treatment of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: an Error in Neonatology, or an Unavoidable Therapeutic Intervention?. J Perinatol 24, 127–128 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7211043

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