Maternal influenza during pregnancy and risk of congenital abnormalities in offspring

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 989-996

  Ács, Nándor ^a   Bánhidy, Ferenc ^a   Puhó, Erzsébet ^b,c   Czeizel, Andrew E ^b,d  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMUNITY CONTROL OF HEREDITARY DISEASES   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d Torokvesz lejto 32   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Case control study; Congenital abnormalities; Fever hyperthermia; Influenza viruses; Maternal influenza

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOGENESIS; TERATOGENICITY;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS;

HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 30344467822     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20195     Document Type: Article

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