Recent trends in the prevalence of Down syndrome in Japan, 1980-1997

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 340-345

  Hoshi, Nobuhiko ^a   Hattori, Rifumi ^a   Hanatani, Kaoru ^a   Okuyama, Kazuhiko ^a   Yamada, Hideto ^a   Kishida, Tatsuro ^a   Yamada, Takahiro ^a   Sagawa, Tadashi ^a   Sumiyoshi, Yoshio ^b   Fujimoto, Seiichiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Epidemiology; Japanese; Maternal age; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033522787     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990604)84:4<340::AID-AJMG6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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