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University of California - San Francisco
Post-term pregnancies risk infant's life and health, UCSF studies show
November 6th, 2008
Infants born more than one week past their due dates have a higher risk of both impaired health and death, according to two new studies by authors from the University of California's San Francisco and Berkeley campuses. The studies compared more than 2.5 million normal-weight births from healthy pregnancies of 37 to 42 weeks gestation, the range that is considered to be full-term. Findings appear in the October, 2008 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and also can be found online at www.ajog.org. The two studies focused on different elements of the risk of progressing beyond 41 weeks of gestation, but held similar conclusions....
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-11-06)
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