Prevalence of aneuploidies in South Carolina in the 1990s

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 131-135

  Collins, Julianne S ^a   Olson, Rick L ^a   DuPont, Barbara R ^a   Wolff, Daynna J ^b   Best, Robert G ^c   Stevenson, Roger E ^a  

^a GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Down syndrome; Folate; Folic acid; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; TRISOMY 21; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; MATERNAL AGE; METABOLISM;

ANEUPLOIDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0141436358     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00125817-200205000-00006     Document Type: Article

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