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Caroline Johansson1, Yvonne Kraus1, Juan David Henao Sanchez2
1Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian Universität München Munich Germany.
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The identification of ubiquitous risk factors determining long-term morbidity is crucial in infants born prematurely when aiming to develop prevention strategies. In a cohort of deeply phenotyped infants born before 32 weeks gestational age, we successfully demonstrate that exposure to fine particulate matter during pregnancy is associated with increased odds of preeclampsia and altered birth weight percentiles, highlighting potential underlying effects on vascular and metabolic pathology in relation to the degree of immaturity.
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