Frequency of prenatal diagnosis of birth defects in Houston, Galveston and the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas 1995

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 348-354

  Waller, D K ^a   Pujazon, M A ^a   Canfield, M A ^b   Scheuerle, A E ^b   Byrne, J L B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Ethnicity; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LUNG MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033662891     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021035     Document Type: Article

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