Heterogeneity of spina bifida

Teratology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 224-230

  Blatter, Birgitte M ^a   Lafeber, Arianne B ^a   Peters, Paul W J ^b   Roeleveld, Nel ^a   Verbeek, André L M ^a   Gabreëls, Fons J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OCCUPATION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINA BIFIDA;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0030845085     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(199704)55:4<224::AID-TERA2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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