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Preventing Preterm Birth—is it Really Impossible?: A Comment on the IOM Report on Preterm Birth

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Université Paris5 René Descartes, Maternité Port-Royal, 123 Bd de Port-Royal, 75014, Paris, France

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  2. The Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Hospitals Network, Paris, France

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  3. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington, DC, USA

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  4. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, London, UK

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  5. The American Academy of Pediatrics, Pelk Grove Village, IL, USA

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  6. Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

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Papiernik, E. Preventing Preterm Birth—is it Really Impossible?: A Comment on the IOM Report on Preterm Birth. Matern Child Health J 11, 407–410 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-007-0217-0

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