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Postterm pregnancy: should all women have labour induced? A review of the literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

Mary E Hannah
Mary E Hannah*
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University of Toronto, Women’s College Hospital, Canada
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Mary E Hannah, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Women’s College Hospital, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S I B2, Canada
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All pregnancies are at some risk of adverse fetal and neonatal outcome. The risk increases, however, if the pregnancy ends too soon (preterm), or if it ends too late (postterm).

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Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , February 1993 , pp. 3 - 17
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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