The pattern of Down syndrome among children in Qatar: A population-based study

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 609-612

  Wahab, Atqah Abdul ^a   Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b,c   Sandridge, Amy L ^c   Hoffmann, Georg F ^d  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Epidemiology; Maternal age; Prevalence; Qatar

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARENT COUNSELING; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRISOMY;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSAICISM; PREGNANCY; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO;

EID: 33749060190     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20290     Document Type: Article

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