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Role of structural birth defects in preterm delivery.
Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology - 1 Apr 2001
Shaw G M, Savitz D A, Nelson V, Thorp J M
Abstract excerpt
The proportion of preterm births associated with structural birth defects has not been adequately quantified. We explored the proportion of preterm infants with structural birth defects diagnosed in the first year of life, as well as the specific phenotypes of birth defects occurring among preterm infants. The data used were from the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program, a population-based registry, as...
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