Prevalence of Birth Defects and Rubella Infection in Pregnant Women in Gansu, West China: A Survey

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 869-874

  Cheng, Ning ^a   Bai, Yana ^b   Hu, Xiaoping ^b   Pei, Hongpe ^b   Li, Yining ^b   Zhang, Wenhuei ^b   Fan, Xingjue ^b   Zhang, Peiqin ^b   Zhou, Xiaoping ^b   Chen, Zhigong ^b   Li, Caifeng ^b   He, Pingshen ^b   He, Hueiyen ^b  

^a LANZHOU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birth defects; Mainland China; Rubella

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AUTUMN; BIRTH DEFECT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION RATE; LIMB DEFECT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SPRING; STILLBIRTH; SUMMER; WINTER;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RUBELLA; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 10744223960     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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