Pregnancy outcome and prenatal diagnosis of sex chromosome abnormalities in Hawaii, 1986-1999

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 119 A, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-310

  Forrester, Mathias B ^a   Merz, Ruth D ^a  

^a Hawaii Birth Defects Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Klinefelter syndrome; Pregnancy outcome; Prenatal diagnosis; Sex chromosome abnormalities; Turner syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0041821636     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20150     Document Type: Article

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