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Evidence from Bone Growth that Most of the Infants Dying in the Neonatal Period had been 111 Before Birth
Author(s) -
EMERY JOHN L.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1967.tb15277.x
Subject(s) - medicine , perinatal period , period (music) , pediatrics , obstetrics , pregnancy , genetics , physics , acoustics , biology
Summary A survey of the pattern of growth, as revealed by the structure of the costo‐chondral junction, suggests that the great majority of infants dying in the neonatal period had intrauterine disease antedating labour. This involves approximately 60% of premature birth deaths and around 75 % of perinatal deaths at term.