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Triplets With Extremely Low Birth Weight Face High Risks

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2011.  Among the smallest preterm infants, those born as triplets are at greater risk than single born infants or twins of dying or developing a disability before their second birthday, according a study by a research network of the National Institutes of Health.

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The analysis of more than 11,000 infants revealed that triplets were nearly twice as likely as single born infants, and about one and a third times as likely as…

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