Elevated rates of severe neural tube defects in a high-prevalence area in northern China

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-118

  Moore, Cynthia A ^a,c   Li, Song ^b   Li, Zhu ^b   Hong, Shi Xin ^b   Gu, Hai Qin ^b   Berry, R J ^a   Mulinare, Joseph ^a   Erickson, J David ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects surveillance; Craniorachischisis; Iniencephaly; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALOCELE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA;

CHINA; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0030734016     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19971212)73:2<113::AID-AJMG2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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