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The chicken and egg paradigm of oxidative stress in preterm from birth to adulthood. PTB increases the risk to develop of several diseases at birth up to adulthood. The higher oxidative stress during the life of PTB could have a role in the pathogenesis of these diseases but could be induced by these diseases. PTB: preterm birth, ROS: reactive oxygen species.
