American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 1 , Pages 28.e1-28.e8 , July 2009

Adverse pregnancy outcome and association with small for gestational age birthweight by customized and population-based percentiles

  • Jason Gardosi, MD, FRCOG

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Jason Gardosi, MD, West Midlands Perinatal Institute, Crystal Court, Aston Cross, Birmingham B6 5RQ, UK
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  • Andre Francis, MSc

Received 18 December 2008 ,Revised 16 January 2009 ,Accepted 20 April 2009.

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 Cite this article as: Gardosi J, Francis A. Adverse pregnancy outcome and association with small for gestational age birthweight by customized and population-based percentiles. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:28.e1-8.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00428-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.04.034

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 1 , Pages 28.e1-28.e8 , July 2009

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