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Original Article

Perinatal outcome of singleton versus twin late preterm infants: do twins mature faster than singletons?

Rebeka Ribicic1 University Hospital Center “Sisters of Mercy”, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Zagreb, Croatia, Correspondence[email protected]
,
Izabela Kranjcec2 Department of Hematology and Oncology, Pediatric Clinic, Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, and
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Jesenka Borosak1 University Hospital Center “Sisters of Mercy”, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Zagreb, Croatia,
,
Jasna Tumbri1 University Hospital Center “Sisters of Mercy”, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Zagreb, Croatia,
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Lorita Mihovilovic Prajz1 University Hospital Center “Sisters of Mercy”, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Zagreb, Croatia,
&
Tomislav Ribicic3 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Pages 1520-1524 | Received 23 Nov 2014, Accepted 18 May 2015, Published online: 24 Jun 2015

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