The risk for congenital heart defects in offspring of individuals with congenital heart defects

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 325-329

  Romano Zelekha, Orly ^a,d   Hirsh, R ^e   Blieden, L ^b   Green, M S ^a,c   Shohat, T ^a,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Congenital heart defect; Family history; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SMOKING;

FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035006126     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2001.590505.x     Document Type: Article

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