The claims that marginal and velamentous insertion of the cord are associated with a high incidence of abortion, low birth weight, premature delivery, fetal malformation, fetal hypoxia and intrauterine fetal death have been investigated. A study of 1000 cases has failed to demonstrate any such association.
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Uyanwah‐Akpom et al. (1977) studied this question.