Anticonvulsant Teratogenesis 5: Observer Bias in A Cohort Study

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 452-456

  Harvey, Elizabeth A ^a   Coull, Brent A ^b   Holmes, Lewis B ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGIT HYPOPLASIA; EPILEPSY; FINGER MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDFACE HYPOPLASIA; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOGENICITY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BOSTON; COHORT STUDIES; FACE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGNANCY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TERATOGENS;

EID: 1242269725     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.10055     Document Type: Article

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