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Fetal size in the second trimester is associated with the duration of pregnancy, small fetuses having longer pregnancies

BACKGROUND: Conventionally, the pregnancy duration is accepted to be 280–282 days. Fetuses determined by ultrasound biometry to be small in early pregnancy, have an increased risk of premature birth. We speculate that the higher rate of preterm delivery in such small fetuses represents a pathologica...

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Autores principales: Johnsen, Synnøve L, Wilsgaard, Tom, Rasmussen, Svein, Hanson, Mark A, Godfrey, Keith M, Kiserud, Torvid
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2492839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18627638
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-8-25

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