CHICAGO (Reuters) - Babies born just a few weeks early are six times more likely to die in their first week of life than full-term babies and three times more likely to die before their first birthday, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
"The extent of the difference is quite surprising," said Joann Petrini, director of the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center, whose study appears in the Journal of Pediatrics.
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