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This chapter concerns infants who are unusually small at birth or are born some time before the expected date of delivery. A disproportionate number of neonatal deaths occurs in these minority groups, and the likelihood of handicaps in the survivors is greater than in the remainder of the population.
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© 1978 Sydney Lance Townsend
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Townsend, L. (1978). Immature and Low Birth Weight Infants. In: Obstetrics for Students. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03531-1_46
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