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. 2007 May;92(3):F161-2.
doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.109439.

Estimated fetal weights versus birth weights: should the reference intrauterine growth curves based on birth weights be retired?

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Estimated fetal weights versus birth weights: should the reference intrauterine growth curves based on birth weights be retired?

Richard A Ehrenkranz. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2007 May.

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Perspective on the paper by Cooke (see page F189)

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