Girls born small or underweight twice as likely to be infertile in adulthood

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

Girls born unexpectedly small or underweight seem to be twice as likely to have fertility problems in adulthood as those of normal size at birth, suggests new research. "As medical research and care advances, more infants will be born [with low birthweight or small size] and survive, which in turn might influence future need of infertility treatment," the authors conclude.

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