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The Diagnosis of “Small for Dates” Babies by the Cytological Examination of the Amniotic Fluid

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Therapy of Feto-Placental Insufficiency

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The Diagnosis of “small for dates” babies as compared with those of similar, but appropriate, weight for gestational age, is of great importance because of the different risk and mortality rate between the two groups.

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Athanassiades, N.S., Vrettos, A.S., Koliopoulos, C., Panayotou, P.P. (1975). The Diagnosis of “Small for Dates” Babies by the Cytological Examination of the Amniotic Fluid. In: Salvadori, B. (eds) Therapy of Feto-Placental Insufficiency. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66008-5_3

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