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Original Article

Association between pregnancy complications and small-for–gestational-age birth weight defined by customized fetal growth standard versus a population-based standard

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Pages 411-417 | Received 11 May 2010, Accepted 02 Jul 2010, Published online: 10 Aug 2010

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