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The special vulnerability of very premature infants under the assault of modern intensive care techniques evokes strong responses: both the desire to sustain their fragile existence and doubts about the wisdom of doing so. The report by Hack et al. in this issue of the Journal¹ provides important information on the usefulness of applying our technological expertise to neonates at the edge of extreme prematurity. These authors report that up to 20 percent of newborn children who weigh under 750 g and survive to school age have one or more severe disabilities and that about half have one or more . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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