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Liggins (an Australian doctor whose research opened the way for later clinical success) found that antenatal steroids could hasten lung maturation and decrease the incidence and severity of RDS. Surfactant therapy does not remove the need for steroid therapy as the two may be synergistic. Liggins GC.. J Endocrinol 1969. Liggins GC, Howie RN. Pediatrics 1972, 50:515-525
