Influence of maternal age on the risk for neural tube defects, a meta analysis;Edad materna y defectos del tubo neural: Evidencia para un efecto mayor en espina bífida que anencefalia

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-70

  Vieira, Alexandre R ^a   Taucher, Silvia Castillo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Maternal age; Neural tube defects; Spinal dysraphism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; META ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANENCEPHALY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 27744601505     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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