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Secondo l’OMS (Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità) e la FIGO (Federazione Internazionale di Ginecologia ed Ostetricia) si definisce pretermine il parto che avviene prima della 37a settimana di gravidanza (oppure prima di 259 giorni), indipendentemente dal peso del neonato. Tale definizione deriva da un’analisi statistica della distribuzione delle età gestazionali alla nascita, calcolate a partire dal primo giorno dell’ultima mestruazione [1].

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Maruotti, G.M., Agangi, A., Mazzarelli, L.L., Martinelli, P. (2008). Parto pretermine. In: Medicina dell’età prenatale. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0688-1_26

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