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Reduced fetal movements and maternal medication - new pregnancy risk factors for neurodevelopmental disability in childhood

D. K. James, Florence M. Telfer, Nicola A. Keating, M. E. Blair, M. A. Wilcox, Claire Chilvers Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Child Health, Public, Health Medicine, and Epidemiology, University of Nottingham, UK
Pages 226-234 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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