Description of the characteristics of cases with noncontiguous neural tube defects identified in a series of consecutive births

Teratology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-16

  Martinez Frias M L ^a   Sanchis A ^b   Aparicio, P ^c   Blanco, M ^d   Garcia M J ^e   Gomez Ullate J ^f   Felix V ^g   Huertas, H ^h   Jimenez N ⁱ   Lopez J A ^j   Marco, J J ^k   Martin, M ^l   Palacios, G ^m   Romero, D ⁱ   Vazquez M S ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA LUZ   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^h Hosp Gutierrez Ortega de Valdepenas   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL GENERAL DE SEGOVIA   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL RAFAEL MÉNDEZ   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^l HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL INFANTA ELENA   (Spain)

ⁿ HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SPAIN;

EID: 2642680042     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(199801)57:1<13::AID-TERA3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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