Chorionic villus sampling and transverse digital deficiencies: Evidence for anatomic and gestational-age specificity of the digital deficiencies in two studies

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-178

  Botto, Lorenzo D ^a,i   Olney, Richard S ^a   Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo ^b   Khoury, Muin J ^a   Moore, Cynthia A ^a   Alo, Celan J ^c   Costa, Pamela ^d   Edmonds, Larry D ^a   Flood, Timothy J ^e   Harris, John A ^f   Howe, Holly L ^c   Olsen, Carolyn L ^g   Panny, Susan R ^h   Shaw, Gary M ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^e ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

birth defect; case control study; chorionic villus sampling; epidemiology; limb deficiency; malformation; prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FINGER MALFORMATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030000655     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960315)62:2<173::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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