Malformations in newborn: Results based on 30940 infants and fetuses from the Mainz congenital birth defect monitoring system (1990-1998)

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 163-167

  Queisser Luft A ^a   Stolz, G ^a   Wiesel, A ^a   Schlaefer, K ^b   Spranger, J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital birth defect; Malformation

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONSANGUINITY; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS RISK; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; INFANT; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEWBORN; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ABNORMALITIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036919830     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-001-0265-4     Document Type: Article

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