De novo chromosomal abnormalities and month of conception

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-122

  Tonelli, Mariella ^a   Specchia, Claudia ^a   Decarli, Adriano ^b   Barlati, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosomal abnormalities; Conception; Prenatal diagnosis; Robertsonian translocations; Seasonal variation; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; TRISOMY 21;

AMNIOCENTESIS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 33344461493     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1358     Document Type: Article

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