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Abstract
This retrospective study reports the course of pregnancy and delivery in 12–14-year-old
girls over an 8-year period. At the time of delivery, 44 of 13,178 mothers (0.3%)
had not reached their 15th birthday. These adolescent primiparas were compared with
an equal-sized group of primiparas between 20 and 30 years of age. Whereas other studies
report a higher risk of several pregnancy-related complications, our investigation
mainly found a higher percentage of premature deliveries (13.6%).
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© 1988 Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
