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Research Article

The effect of histological chorioamnionitis on the short-term outcome of preterm infants ≤32 weeks: a single-center study

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Pages 1129-1133 | Received 22 Aug 2013, Accepted 29 Sep 2013, Published online: 08 Nov 2013

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