Topical corticosteroids in pregnancy ‘have no impact on birth weight’
The large Danish cohort study should allay concerns, researchers say
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Use of topical corticosteroids does not appear to increase the risk of newborns being small for gestational age (SGA) or having low birth weight, according to a large cohort study.
Researchers examined Danish medical birth registry data covering more than 11 million pregnancies between 1997 and 2016.