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Chapter 27 - Fetal Growth Restriction and Later Disease in the Mother and the Offspring

from Section 7 - Postnatal Aspects of Fetal Growth Restriction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2018

Christoph Lees ,
Gerard H. A. Visser  and
Kurt Hecher
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Birgit Arabin  and
Petra Arck
Christoph Lees
Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Gerard H. A. Visser
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Kurt Hecher
Affiliation:
University Medical Centre, Hamburg
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