The relationship between congenital cardiovascular malformations and spontaneous abortion in preceding pregnancy

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-135

  Sheiner, Eyal ^a   Katz, Miriam ^a   Fraser, Drora ^a   Gohar, Josef ^a   Carmi, Rivka ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARAB; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0031852786     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1998.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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