Sex ratios in fetuses and liveborn infants with autosomal aneuploidy

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 492-500

  Huether, Carl A ^a   Martin, Rebecca L M ^a   Stoppelman, Susan M ^a   D'Souza, Sharon ^a   Bishop, Jennifer K ^a   Torfs, Claudine P ^b   Lorey, Fred ^c   May, Kristin M ^e   Hanna, Julia Sanford ^f   Baird, Patricia A ^g   Kelly, Joann C ^d,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d Afligen   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Integrated Genetics   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autosomal aneuploids; Down syndrome; Edwards Syndrome; fetal sex ratios; livebirth sex ratios; Patau syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME MOSAICISM; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EDWARDS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONDISJUNCTION; PATAU SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; TRISOMY;

EID: 0029940214     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960614)63:3<492::AID-AJMG15>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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