Multigeneration maternal transmission in italian families with neural tube defects

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-310

  Byrne, Julianne ^a,c   Cama, Armando ^b   Reilly, Marie ^a   Vigliarolo, Mariantonietta ^b   Levato, Laura ^b   Boni, Luca ^b   Lavia, Natale ^b   Andreussi, Luciano ^b  

^a BOYNE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

birth defects; epidemiology; family size; family studies; neural tube defects; spina bifida

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SPINA BIFIDA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030443582     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961218)66:3<303::AID-AJMG13>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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