Risk of mental retardation among children born with birth defects

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 545-550

  Jelliffe Pawlowski, Laura L ^a   Shaw, Gary M ^b   Nelson, Verne ^b   Harris, John A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABNORMALITIES; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037975600     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.6.545     Document Type: Article

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