Spina bifida phenotypes in infants or fetuses of obese mothers

Teratology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 376-381

  Shaw, Gary M ^a   Todoroff, Karen ^a   Finnell, Richard H ^b   Lammer, Edward J ^c  

^a March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPINA BIFIDA; VITAMIN INTAKE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0034021816     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(200005)61:5<376::AID-TERA9>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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