Is there an association of Down syndrome and omphalocele?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 400-403

  Torfs, Claudine P ^a   Honoré, Louis H ^b   Curry, Cynthia J R ^c,d  

^a California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Valley Children's Hospital Fresno County   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Epidemiology; Omphalocele

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OMPHALOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

DOWN SYNDROME; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 0030831860     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19971231)73:4<400::AID-AJMG5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Review

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