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Maternal Age 35 and over

Medical Definition:	Pregnancy in women 35 or more years of age. It is used for normal pregnancies and for problems of pregnancy occurring in a woman's late reproductive years. These include effects on the mother's physical and mental health as well as risks of perinatal mortality and fetal abnormality.
Guide Notes:	no qualif; relation to PREGNANCY: Manual 28.17.4; DF: MATERNAL AGE 35
Previously Indexed:	Maternal Age (1966-1980)

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