Incidence of chromosome abnormalities in the Sultanate of Oman

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1951-1957

  Goud, Mallana T ^a   Al Harassi, Salma M ^a   Al Khalili, Shafiya A ^a   Al Salmani, Kamla K ^a   Al Busaidy, Suleiman M ^a   Rajab, Anna ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KARYOTYPE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

ABNORMALITIES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 31844453953     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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