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Neonatal Dexamethasone Treatment of Preterm Children Has Long-Lasting Effects
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Neonatal treatment with dexamethasone for chronic lung disease of prematurity is associated with changes at school age in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and immune system activity, according to a report in the April issue of Pediatrics. By contrast, treatment with hydrocortisone does not have these effects. Reuters Health Information
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Impaired Fetal Growth Linked With Epilepsy Risk
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Infants born with low birth weights, intrauterine growth restriction, and at lower than normal gestational age appear to have an increased risk of epilepsy within the first year of life, according to the results of a study published in the February 1st issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. Reuters Health Information
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