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Original Article

The relationship of newborn adiposity to fetal growth outcome based on birth weight or the modified neonatal growth assessment score

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Pages 1933-1940 | Received 02 Oct 2011, Accepted 02 Apr 2012, Published online: 29 May 2012

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