Ascertainment bias in turner syndrome: new insights from girls who were diagnosed incidentally in prenatal life

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 640-644

  Gunther, Daniel F ^a   Eugster, Erica ^b   Zagar, Anthony J ^c   Bryant, Constance G ^c   Davenport, Marsha L ^d   Quigley, Charmian A ^c  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Ascertainment bias; Cardiac anomalies; Karyotype; Phenotype; Prenatal counseling; Prenatal diagnosis; Turner syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURNER SYNDROME; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; KIDNEY; MOSAICISM; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KARYOTYPING; KIDNEY; MOSAICISM; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 16544369724     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2003-1122-L     Document Type: Article

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