Congenital limb reduction defects in twins

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 483-490

  Métneki, Julia ^a   Czeizel, Andrew E ^a   Evans, Jane A ^b  

^a National Institute of Hygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital limb reduction defects; Epidemiological study; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LIMB DEFORMITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; ECTROMELIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030012622     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01955186     Document Type: Article

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