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The condition is a developmental disorder. [iStockphoto]

Preterm birth is when a baby is born too early, before 37 weeks of pregnancy have been completed. But what exactly could go wrong when a baby is born prematurely?

One of these things is apnoea of prematurity, a condition that occurs when newborns, especially those born prematurely, stop breathing for short periods of time, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.

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