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The Importance of Monitoring Preterm Births
Almost all patients will complain at some points of pain in the tummy. So is it the first sign of preterm births or not? You have to bring them in a hospital. Steroids have the capacity to stress the body of the baby, and to allow an accelerated maturation of the different organs. The research has brought a new test, I would say a biomarker, in the last few years. A protein at the moment, if you want to measure, we need to do a vaginal examination. This device we try to create is able to measure the same protein inside sanitary part. It's not invasive. We can't predict when babies are going to be born early but
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