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J Pediatr. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2017 November 01. Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2016 November ; 178: 68–74. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.06.053.
Antenatal exposure to magnesium sulfate is associated with reduced cerebellar hemorrhage in preterm newborns Dawn Gano, MD1,2, Mai-Lan Ho, MD3, John Colin Partridge, MD MPH2, Hannah C. Glass, MD MAS1,2,4, Duan Xu, PhD5, A. James Barkovich, MD1,2,5, and Donna M. Ferriero, MD MS1,2
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1Department
of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2Department
of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
3Department
of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
4Department
of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 5Department
of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Abstract
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Objective—To determine the association of antenatal magnesium sulfate with cerebellar hemorrhage in a prospective cohort of premature newborns evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Study design—Cross-sectional analysis of baseline characteristics from a prospective cohort of preterm newborns (