Does changing paternity contribute to the risk of intrauterine growth retardation?
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Intrauterine growth retardation.
The recognition that some low birthweight babies (<2500 g) were the victims of intrauterine growth retardation rather than premature birth was a milestone in perinatal medicine.'3 Up to 10% of all liveborn babies and at least 30% of those of low birth weight suffer from intrauterine growth retardation; their perinatal mortality is four to 10 times higher than that of normally grown babies-both ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0269-5022,1365-3016
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.11.s1.7.x