Paternal age and sporadic neurofibromatosis 1: A case-control study and consideration of the methodologic issues

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 507-516

  Bunin, Greta R ^a,c   Needle, Michael ^a   Riccardi, Vincent M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Neurofibromatosis Institute   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Germline mutation; Maternal age

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATERNAL AGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PATERNAL AGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030699993     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1997)14:5<507::AID-GEPI5>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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