Neural tube defects : A different pattern in northern Thai population

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 483-488

  Kitisomprayoonkul, Nutjira ^a   Tongsong, Theera ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antenatal Diagnosis; Neural Tube Defect; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0035319131     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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