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Original Articles

First-trimester serum biomarker screening for fetal Down syndrome as a predictor of preterm delivery: a population-based study

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Pages 1717-1724 | Received 09 Jun 2018, Accepted 24 Sep 2018, Published online: 29 Oct 2018

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