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'''Preterm birth''', also known as '''premature birth''', is the [[birth]] of a [[baby]] at fewer than 37 weeks [[gestational age]].<ref name=NIH2014Def>{{cite web|title=Preterm Labor and Birth: Condition Information|url=http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/preterm/conditioninfo/Pages/default.aspx|website=[[National Institutes of Health]]|accessdate=7 March 2015|date=3 November 2014}}</ref>
Symptoms of preterm labor include [[uterine contraction]]s which occur more often than every ten minutes or the leaking of fluid from the vagina.<ref name=NIH2015Prelab>{{cite web|title=What are the symptoms of preterm labor?|url=http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/preterm/conditioninfo/Pages/symptoms.aspx|website=[[National Institutes of Health]]|accessdate=7 March 2015|date=11 June 2013}}</ref> Premature infants are at greater risk for [[cerebral palsy]], [[delays in development]], [[hearing problems]], and [[Visual impairment|sight problems]].<!-- <ref name=NIH2014Def/> --> These risks are greater the earlier a baby is born.<ref name=NIH2014Def/> <!-- Causes -->
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