Recurrence risks for neural tube defects in siblings of patients with lipomyelomeningocele

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-67

  Sebold, Courtney Drake ^a   Melvin, Elizabeth C ^a   Siegel, Debbie ^a   Mehltretter, Lorraine ^a   Enterline, David S ^a   Nye, Jeffrey S ^b   Kessler, John ^c   Bassuk, Alexander ^c   Speer, Marcy C ^a   George, Timothy M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed NTDs; Congenital malformations; Lipomyelomeningocele; Neural tube defects; Sibling recurrence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 19944426643     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GIM.0000151158.09278.2B     Document Type: Article

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