Prepregnancy Weight and the Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
New England Journal of MedicinePublished 15 January 1998
Sven Cnattingius, Reinhold Bergström, Loren Lipworth, Michael S. Kramer
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Higher maternal weight before pregnancy increases the risk of late fetal death, although it protects against the delivery of a small-for-gestational-age infant.
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Higher maternal weight before pregnancy increases the risk of late fetal death, although it protects against the delivery of a small-for-gestational-age infant.
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