Cardiovascular malformations: Changes in prevalence and birth status, 1972-1990

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 102-110

  Lin, Angela E ^a,b   Herring, Amy H ^c   Amstutz, Karen Scharenberg ^b   Westgate, Marie Noel ^a   Lacro, Ronald V ^d   Al Jufan, Mansour ^d   Ryan, Louise ^c,e   Holmes, Lewis B ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects monitoring; Cardiovascular malformations; Congenital heart defects; Fetal echocardiography; Genetic epidemiology; Malformation syndromes; Prenatal detection; Surveillance; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032933761     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990521)84:2<102::AID-AJMG4>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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