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The accurate prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes including pre-eclampsia, small for gestational age (SGA) and preterm birth (PTB), remains elusive. These adverse pregnancy outcomes complicate approximately 15% of low-risk pregnancies in nulliparous women and result in significant morbidity and mortality. Early identification of these adverse pregnancy outcomes is one of the major focuses of antenatal care in high resource countries. Accurate prediction of these adverse pregnancy outcomes would allow stratification of high-risk mothers to increased antenatal monitoring ensuring timely detection of disease and the early initiation of potential therapeutic interventions.
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Contributors FPM interpreted the data. LCK and FPM drafted the work and revised it critically for important intellectual content. Both authors gave final approval of the version published.
Competing interests None declared.
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