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Correlation of umbilical cord weight with birth weight
  1. S Bolisetty,
  2. T H H G Koh,
  3. S Hammond,
  4. K Panaretto,
  5. J Whitehall
  1. Department of Neonatology, Kirwan Hospital for Women, Townsville, Queensland 4817, Australia
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Bolisetty, Alice Springs Hospital, PO Box 2234, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia;
    srinib75{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/fn.86.2.F140-a

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