An aetiological classification of birth defects for epidemiological research

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-57

  Wellesley, D ^a   Boyd, P ^b   Dolk, H ^c   Pattenden, S ^d  

^a PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; COCAINE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; ILLICIT DRUG; LITHIUM; RETINOL DERIVATIVE; THALIDOMIDE; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHICKENPOX; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARVOVIRUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; TERATOGENESIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ABNORMALITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; PARVOVIRUS;

EID: 13244273746     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2004.023309     Document Type: Article

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