Collaborative strategies for unraveling the complexity of birth defects

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-38

  Cleves, M A ^a   Hobbs, C A ^a  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Diabetic embryopathy; Genetic epidemiology; Translational research

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRTH DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; EMBRYOPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; ORGANIZATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ABNORMALITIES; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; RESEARCH;

EID: 2542484689     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050310001650699     Document Type: Conference Paper

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