Neural tube defects and associated factors in liveborn and stillborn infants;Defeitos de fechamento do tubo neural e fatores associados em recém-nascidos vivos e natimortos

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-134

  Aguiar, Marcos José Burle ^a   Campos, Ângela S ^b   Aguiar, Regina A L P ^b   Lana, Ana Maria A ^b   Magalhães, Renata L ^b   Babeto, Luciana T ^b  

^a NONE   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Anencephaly; Encephalocele; Myelomeningocele; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOCELE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREVALENCE; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 0037572356     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0021-75572003000200007     Document Type: Article

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