The therapeutic effect of betamethasone for prenatal lung maturation in very low birthweight infants may be influenced by maternal and fetal ABCB1-polymorphism – A pilot study
G Kewitz, I Roots · Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie · 2011 · Heft 11
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Zusammenfassung
Ziel: A retrospective pilot study was performed as a preparation for a prospective one planed to prove the hypothesis addressed in the title. Methodik: In a cohort of 183 preterm infants consecutively delivered before 28 weeks gestation in our perinatal center level I we identified 10 infants from 8 mothers who fulfilled the following criteria: caucasian, eutroph, betamethasone treatment for lung maturation completed, intrauterine infection excluded by blood analyses and placenta histology, fluids clear, no malformation or severe disease or complication. Infants fulfilling criteria for the diagnosis of surfactan…