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. 1975 Apr;50(4):322–324. doi: 10.1136/adc.50.4.322

Gestational age assessment in infants of very low birthweight.

A F Malan, S C Higgs
PMCID: PMC1544471  PMID: 1147672

Abstract

The accuracy of gestational age assessment (Dubowitz et al., 1970) was tested for infants weighing 1500 g or less. There was good correlation with known dates. This system is applicable to and accurate for infants delivered very prematurely.

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