Increased rate of major birth malformations in infants with neonatal "asymmetric crying face": A hospital-based cohort study

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-310

  Dubnov Raz, Gal ^a,b   Merlob, Paul ^a,c   Geva Dayan, Karen ^a,b   Blumenthal, Danith ^a,b   Finkelstein, Yaron ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asymmetric crying face; Congenital; Depressor anguli oris muscle; Malformation; Neonate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CRYING FACE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; COHORT STUDIES; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOUTH ABNORMALITIES; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 33846844972     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31551     Document Type: Article

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