Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 477-488 , June 2008

Effects of being born small for gestational age on long-term intellectual performance

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doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2008.01.014

Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 477-488 , June 2008

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