Role of maternal factors in the etiology of neural tube defects in Jordan

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2000-2001

  Masri, Amira T ^a,b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

^b NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JORDAN; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PARITY; PRIMIPARA; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JORDAN; MATERNAL AGE; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 31844445415     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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