Sex differences in birth defects: A study of opposite-sex twins

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 876-880

  Cui, Wei ^a   Ma, Chang Xing ^b   Tang, Yiwei ^a   Chang, Vivian ^b   Rao, P V ^b   Ariet, Mario ^a   Resnick, Michael B ^a   Roth, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defect; Sex difference; Twin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONGENITAL HIP DISLOCATION; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FETUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; NEWBORN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS STENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWIN ZYGOSITY; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 28444470823     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20196     Document Type: Article

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