Analysis of millions of US births shows association between birth defects and preterm birth
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 10:42
in Health & Medicine
Babies born preterm were more than twice as likely to have major birth defects as full-term infants, according to a new analysis of nearly 7 million U.S. live births published online this week in the Springer journal Maternal and Child Health Journal.
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