Mortality associated with Down's syndrome in the USA from 1983 to 1997: A population-based study

Lancet

Volumn 359, Issue 9311, 2002, Pages 1019-1025

  Yang, Quanhe ^a   Rasmussen, Sonja A ^a   Friedman, J M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 21; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTIS CANCER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037160991     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08092-3     Document Type: Article

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