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Editorial
. 2004 Jan;44(1):1.
doi: 10.1159/000074310.

[Preterm labour and risk factors]

[Article in German]
R Winter, U Haller, H Hepp
Editorial

[Preterm labour and risk factors]

[Article in German]
R Winter et al. Gynakol Geburtshilfliche Rundsch. 2004 Jan.

Abstract

Infections, stress and haemorrhages are risk factors in the pathophysiology of preterm delivery. Genital infections can be diagnosed and treated, and thus the frequency of preterm labour is lowered. How psychosocial burdens which are also stress factors can be influenced remains uncertain.

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